In a recent episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Pine said that he had “awful skin” as a teenager and after college and took issue with the fact that acne can sometimes be regarded as something only teenagers go through. In his case, he said, it was “tremendously debilitating and really seriously emotionally incapacitating.”

The “Wonder Woman” star’s response comes after the hit show’s casting director, Patrick Rush, revealed in November in the “Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History” book that Pine wasn’t hired for the lead role of Ryan Atwood because he was “experiencing really bad skin problems” that “looked insurmountable.”

Chris Pine shares his thoughts after a casting director for The O.C. said he lost out on a role due to his acne.

Pine directed, starred in and co-wrote Poolman, which follows his character, Darren Barrenman, a Los Angeles pool cleaner who spends his days looking after the Tahitian Tiki apartment building’s pool. One day, he’s approached by a femme fatale to uncover corruption and agrees in an effort to make his hometown a better place to live.

Chris Pine joked during a May 9 appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' that he spent his time in Los Angeles as a teenager smoking weed on Mulholland Drive and stealing stop signs from the street. 'I had a whole thing,

Asked about the comment during the May 9 episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast by host Josh Horowitz, The Poolman star, 43, responded that while his struggle with acne in his younger years is "a part of [his] life," Rush "didn't have to talk about it," adding, "I mean, it's his prerogative."

The actor reveals he was being considered for the role of Ryan Atwood on The CW hit, but it ultimately went to Ben McKenzie after the casting director thought he had 'bad skin'

Chris Pine called ‘bad skin' phase ‘one of the most traumatic points' of life. Pine also noted that he did not "want to say, ‘I'm grateful for not having landed [the part].'

Actor Chris Pine has opened up about not landing the role of Ryan Atwood in the American teen drama television series 'The O.C.' due to his bad acne at the time, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In Welcome to The O.