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" Vincent Kartheiser has revealed that he gained a lot of weight for the fifth season of Mad Men. The actor said the excess poundage was an important way to show how dissatisfied his character Pete Campbell had become in home life with wife Trudy (Alison Brie).  &amp;quot;I gained about 25 pounds - none of it muscle. It was a very thin layer of hot fudge sundae, chicken wings and pizza,&amp;quot; Kartheiser quipped to The Hollywood Reporter. Kartheiser also disclosed that he altered his own hair style to make Pete&amp;#039;s receding hairline appear more realistic. &amp;quot;It would be shaved back every couple of episodes another quarter of an inch. Later, when it grew back in, it looked completely ridiculous, like a five o&amp;#039;clock shadow,&amp;quot; he recalled. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s pretty wild to watch it - my hairline looked crazy in that last episode; it was surreal. I couldn&amp;#039;t help but giggle.&amp;quot; Season five of Mad Men saw Pete Campbell deal with turmoil at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, all the while carrying on an affair with a mentally unstable housewife (Alexis Bledel). "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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