Glee Star Mark Sailing On His Trademark Mohawk: ‘I Hate It!’
December 8th, 2009
Glee’s resident bad boy Noah “Puck” Puckerman may rock his mohawk with attitude, but the actor behind the hairstyle is ready to shave off his character’s signature style. Mark Salling – who shaved his head into a mohawk just prior to auditioning for the show – reveals, “I’m so over the mohawk, I’m not gonna lie – I hate the mohawk!”
It turns out that 27-year-old Salling first adopted the distinctive style a few months before his Glee audition, and he shaved it again just before auditioning for the musical comedy show in an attempt to look ten years younger – after all, his Glee character is a high school student!
(As a side note – teacher Will Schuester is played by 31-year-old actor Matthew Morrison on the show, so there’s only a few years separating teachers from students.)
Producers thought the confident hairstyle was appropriate for his jock character, so now Salling is stuck with the cut.
“It was cool for a while, but I’ve had it for like a year, you know I’m kind of over it,” Salling says.
During a recent hiatus, Salling promptly shaved his head so he could roam about hawk-free off-set. “I feel better when I don’t have it,” he says.