Actor Mehcad Brooks, who currently stars on the ABC drama 'The Deep End,' is one of four celebrities featured in Calvin Klein Underwear's new ad campaign.
To launch the brand's new X collection, Calvin Klein tapped Brooks along with Kellan Lutz ('Twilight'), tennis star Fernando Verdasco and soccer star Hidetoshi Nakata to appear in four separate advertisements that hit retail stores this month.
There will also be broadcast and taxi TV spots, in addition to print and outdoor ads.
"The four different guys give us different ways to express things," said Bob Mazzoli, chief creative officer for Calvin Klein Underwear. "They have different personalities, and that helps in our dialogue with our consumers."
Photographer Mikael Jansson shot the advertisements in New York.
In addition to starring on ABC's new court drama, the 29-year-old Brooks has also starred on 'Desperate Housewives,' 'True Blood' and 'The Game.'
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By: Uriah Jordan on 2/08/2010 11:19AM
Was he one of the 'Negroes' that was chained in the basement? Or was he the other one that killed the white girl? I was wondering what went through Alfre Woodward's mind when she accepted a script where she was the first and only 'Negro' family on the block and her son was in chains and the other was a crazy 'Nig... Negro'? Either way that was the last time I watched the show. I wondered if they were going to ask her to wear blackface next?
And no I don't buy underwear because it looks good on someone else. That would be stupid!
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