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"Mad Men star Jon Hamm has spoken about his time working as a set designer for softcore porn movies, describing that stage in his career as &amp;quot;bleak&amp;quot;. Hamm, who was speaking at a BAFTA Mad Men Q&amp;amp;A in London, claimed that the job was during a period when he was being &amp;quot;solely rejected&amp;quot; for acting work.  &amp;quot;Part of being an actor is being rejected and that period was the end of about three years where I had been solely rejected. It&amp;#039;s hard, no fun and bitterness can creep in,&amp;quot; he said. Joking about his unusual career choice at the time, Hamm commented: &amp;quot;Well, first of all, there was no penetration. Let&amp;#039;s be honest here. It was softcore porn.  &amp;quot;I had to move furniture around sweaty naked people. It wasn&amp;#039;t a great job.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Mad Men&amp;#039; Jon Hamm: &amp;#039;Season five explores Don, Joan relationship&amp;#039; Hamm, who plays womaniser Don Draper in the &amp;#039;60s ad agency drama, also spoke about being dropped by his acting agent in 1998.  &amp;quot;Well, they are no longer a company, so who had the last laugh?&amp;quot; he teased. The 40-year-old TV star further revealed that his first acting role came at the age of 5, when he was selected to play Winnie the Pooh in a school play. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve never been really shy about standing in front of people and making a fool of myself,&amp;quot; said Hamm. Season five of Mad Men starts on AMC on March 25. It premieres in the UK on Sky Atlantic on March 27. &amp;gt; Mad Men season five to debut in UK two days after US &amp;gt; Mad Men exec: &amp;#039;New season is about change&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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