LATEST: Jesse Metcalfe, who shot to fame as hunky gardener John on ABC's Desperate Housewives, has signed on to make his feature bow in the title role of 20th Century Fox's John Tucker. Betty Thomas will be directing the project, which is slated to begin shooting this summer in New Orleans. John Tucker, penned by Jeff Lowell, stars Metcalfe as a playboy whose meandering ways lead to his downfall. After years of cheating, three of his ex-girlfriends team up to set him up with the new girl in town. All the while, the exes know the girl will dump him and break his cheating heart. Bob Cooper will be producing the project with Karen Lunder under the Landscape Entertainment banner. Debbie Liebling will be overseeing the project on behalf of Fox. Metcalfe, repped by Endeavor, got his television star starring as Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on NBC's Passions. He earned a SAG Award earlier this year as part of the ensemble cast of Desperate Housewives. - FilmStew.com
Jesse Metcalfe appeared on the March 6, 2005 episode of Punk'd, punking his Desperate Housewives co-star Eva Longoria on MTV's "Punk'd." Here's the scoop: Eva Longoria and co-star Jesse Metcalfe are leaving the set of Desperate Housewives, when they get pulled over by the police. Eva becomes scared when Jesse flees the scene. The police discover a false identity and a large amount of cash left behind, and tells Eva that she may be a criminal!
Tune in to Punk'd on March 13, 2005 to see Jesse being the one getting Punk'd.
Jesse co-stars in the new video for the smash hit "Let Me Go" by 3 Doors Down. Cick here to view the video in its entirety.
Desperate Housewives is a huge hit and ABC has ordered an entire season. The show has pushed Jesse Metcalfe into hollywood stardom. He was recently named the TOP male to watch in 2005. Catch Jesse on Desperate Housewives, Sunday nights at 9pm on ABC.
Sypnosis: Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Scott (Brenda Strong, Everwood, The Help). It's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated POV. Her husband's acting suspicious, the neighbors are talking, and her girlfriends are wondering why one of their own would do something so rash...and so messy.
Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria, L.A. Dragnet) , the ex-model with everything she always wanted – a rich husband, a big house – so what is she doing with the 17-year-old gardener, John (Jesse Metcalfe, Passions)?
