Sterling Ok. Brown can be “flattered” to be deemed the Sexiest Man Alive!
The Paradise star, 48, caught up with PEOPLE at an FYC occasion for the Hulu collection in Los Angeles on Friday, March 7, and shared what it is prefer to see a lot help for his newest venture — in addition to what a Sexiest Man Alive title would imply for him personally.
“The help for the present feels extremely good. You realize what? I’ve my very own sense of inside horny,” says Brown, who was beforehand acknowledged within the 2019 Sexiest Man Alive issue. “And I recognize it.”
“You realize, you attempt to give the folks one thing that they need. In the event that they deem me so, I might be flattered. Past flattered,” he provides.
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Elsewhere in his dialog with PEOPLE, Brown detailed what it is prefer to spend time on set with costar James Marsden, who he beforehand revealed was his duet associate for some ’90s R&B whereas filming.
“I feel it is simply kind of a launch. You realize while you’re coping with one thing that is as tense because the collection, it’s important to have one thing to convey you down somewhat bit and just a bit little bit of concord, somewhat one thing, one thing makes you are feeling actual good,” says Brown, who performs Secret Service Agent Xavier Collins within the political thriller collection. ” ’90s R&B, hip-hop, and many others. James is aware of every little thing. He is aware of every little thing.”
“If I begin singing one thing, he is like, ‘What are you singing?’ After which he simply begins to harmonize together with your boy,” he provides. “It is at all times enjoyable.”
The singing pair star in Paradise alongside Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom and extra. The collection follows Brown’s character after he discovers the president’s physique — earlier than the present dives into the stunning existence of an underground climate-controlled bunker housing 25,000 folks.
Talking with PEOPLE earlier this 12 months about his expertise taking up the function, Brown — who beforehand starred in Dan Fogelman’s This Is Us from 2016 to 2022 — defined that “all of it’s enjoyable” in relation to Paradise, Fogelman’s newest creation.
“The humorous scenes are enjoyable, the exhausting scenes are enjoyable. And possibly enjoyable’s not the proper phrase on a regular basis, nevertheless it’s the one phrase that I’ve at my disposal as a result of I get to do it,” he mentioned on the time.
“I imply, I get to do that factor. Individuals pay me to indicate up and do that factor, this kind of illumination of the human situation, and it is enjoyable,” Brown continued. “And that even when it is painful, I’ve behind my thoughts that anyone will see what this character goes by way of and they’re going to acknowledge it and they’re going to acknowledge themselves inside it and they’re going to really feel seen.”
“And I do not know if enjoyable’s the proper phrase, however I am nonetheless sticking with it as a result of it provides me nice pleasure to assist folks really feel much less alone,” he added.
Paradise‘s first season is now streaming on Hulu, which renewed the present for a second season in February, per Deadline.
