Lukas Gage is opening up about the time he got fired from Mad Men.
The 30-year-old White Lotus star visited Live With Kelly and Mark on Thursday (October 9) where he shared that he was fired during a shirtless scene.
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The scene in question had him opposite of Mad Men star Kiernan Shipka, who played Sally Draper.
“I walk on set, I see Kiernan Shipka, who’s now one of my best friends, and [the crew sees] this giant tattoo on the whole side of my body while I’m going to be shirtless, playing a 15-year-old in the ’50s,” Lukas explained.
Co-host Kelly Ripa asked if they could have covered it up, but the actor said they chose to recast instead.
It was one of his first jobs, but the silver lining is that if he hadn’t booked that job at all, he “wouldn’t have booked the next couple [things].”
Lukas even ran into Jon Hamm at the Emmys later on and the star gave him a hug and said, “Everyone has to get fired once in their career.”
The Smile 2 star is currently promoting his new memoir I Wrote This For Attention, which comes out on October 14.
One of his next big movies is People We Meet on Vacation. Watch the teaser here!