Paget Brewster seems so FBI-ish on Criminal Minds that it’s surprising to me that she is also known for her comedic roles. She lent her voice to American Dad, she was on Friends and The Trouble with Normal.
On Criminal Minds, Paget plays the straight-laced Emily Prentiss. In reality, she differs a little from her character.
In an interview with UnderGround Online, she responds to a question about Hugh Heffner asking her to pose for Playboy.
UGO: I caught you on the Conan O’Brien show a few weeks back. Are you going to take Hugh Heffner up on his offer [to pose in Playboy]?
PAGET: At first, I was like, “I’m not going to do it.” Then I talked about it on Conan and I was like, “God, I do kind of want to do it,” but I can’t do it. You know what I mean? I kind of wanted to, but I don’t know. It doesn’t seem fair. I think the re-touching would be great, and there is something kind of thrilling, dangerous and sexy, and cheesy about being naked in a magazine, but I do actually admire Playboy more than I do Maxim or FHM. When girls do that, all the power to them, have a great time, get all oiled up and put on some lingerie and get your picture taken. But I think if you’re going to do it, really do it. Go to the all-American institution and really damn well do it. But the manager, the agents, the lawyers, they were all, “You can’t do it,” and my mom and dad would have been upset. Even though I talked to them about it and they said, “You know what, if you really want to do it, that’s okay,” but I knew that it would upset them and make them uncomfortable. My parents are so great and I owe them my existence, so I couldn’t do it, but I was really tempted by it. It really is flattering. I’m 37. It’s pretty good. I feel like I’m looking pretty good. I kind of felt like, “I should take pictures of it now. It’s not going to look good in five years.”
Like co-star Shemar Moore, I wouldn’t expect any disrobing from Prentiss.
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