GQ names Weeds star Hunter Parrish “big man off campus”

In the last five seasons of Weeds, Hunter Parrish has grown from a scrawny but cute teenager into a blond MILF-bedding machine with the untarnished male beauty that one usually associates with Greek statuary.

GQ recently caught up with the 21-year-old actor, whom the magazine features in a prep-school themed photoshoot called “Big Man Off Campus.”

In the Q&A, Hunter dishes on the movie he’s filming, what went into his decision to bare his backside in that hot scene with Julie Bowen last season, and why he passed on the Zac Ephron role in High School Musical. Here are a few highlights:

• On working with Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin, who play his parents in an as-yet-untitled romantic comedy from director Nancy Meyers (The Holiday, Father of the Bride): “Meryl’s the easiest person to be with on set or in a scene, very giving and maternal” … but Baldwin was the one who got mac ‘n cheese and pizza delivered to the set when younger cast members craved comfort food.
• On his nude scene last season: He didn’t decide until the morning of the shoot — after he talk to his ‘rents. “It was nice to hear that they were supportive.”
• On the rumor he was offered the main role in HSM: He was one of five finalists. Then he had a chance at a Robin Williams movie. “I thought to myself: fly to Vancouver and meet the director for this Robin Williams movie, or stay and finish the auditions for the Disney Chanel movie? So I didn’t even go to the last audition.”

Catch more of Hunter Monday nights as Silas on Weeds.

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