Hunter McVey snagged a huge acting debut in the television drama series, 9-1-1 Nashville. He had no prior acting experience — and right away, he had to do something that was pretty different from what he had in mind.
On the show, McVey plays hunk Blue Bennings. His first week of filming, he had to not only jump right into character but also star as a stripper-turned-fireman.
Thankfully, he had a coach teaching him how exactly to strip. He didn’t have to go in blind, but that didn’t mean it was easy for the actor.
“That threw me for a loop,” McVey begins in reference to stripping in front of a camera. “Not only was I nervous, but I had taken plenty of shirtless Instagram pictures, but it’s different than stripping.”
It was technical, so McVey broke it down for me on what exactly

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