The star of the ABC drama shares what he went through to get permission for his facial hair and the surprising impetus of that Tom Cruise homage.Patrick Gomez is an Executive Editor at Entertainment Weekly. Formerly at People magazine and The A.V.
As Ryan, I was trying my best to do on one fell swoop, and as I'm doing it kind missed the middle part. And I was like,. But as Eddie, I was just living in the moment of self acceptance of finally. It's so odd: I've had this in my own life, where I've grown a beard and I shave it and I forget. I'm like, "Oh yeah, that's what I look like." You kind of look at yourself and you're kind of just like, "Yeah, all right, let's move on with our life.