Jason Beghe in a Giorgio Armani ad in the 1980s; Beghe in 2024.Photo:Aldo Fallai, Giorgio Armani; Charles Sykes/NBCUniversal via Getty
Aldo Fallai, Giorgio Armani; Charles Sykes/NBCUniversal via Getty
Jason Begheis reminiscing about his teenage modeling days — and once going shirtless for a fashion legend.
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, theChicago P.D.star, 64, reflected on the time he shot a major, 50-page ad campaign with designerGiorgio Armanifor Italian magazineL’Uomo Voguein 1980. “Oh, my god. That thing. Wow!” he says when asked about one of the shots, in which he sports a red leather vest worn open to show off his chiseled chest.
“I was 19 in that picture,” he recalls. “Interestingly, Giorgio Armani was the stylist. So he did the clothes choice and put ’em on me and I think he actually put some makeup on to give me a little bit more color because it was in the middle of winter.”
Jason Beghe in a Giorgio Armani ad in the 1980s.Aldo Fallai, Giorgio Armani
Aldo Fallai, Giorgio Armani
Beghe says the entire campaign — which involved 25 different setups — was shot in a single day in Milan. “The way they did it, they bought one page of white because they said the pictures were like paintings, like an art book,” he explains.
Once that campaign was shot, he returned the next day for another round.
Jason Beghe in a ‘Chicago P.D.’ season 12 episode.Lori Allen/NBC
Lori Allen/NBC
Now that more than 40 years have passed, the actor says he’s ready to get in front of the camera again for Armani, now 90 — only this time, he wants it to be a family affair.
“If Giorgio Armani’s listening, I have a great idea: My two beautiful sons, I’d love you to … we should do one more campaign with old Jason and his two beautiful sons,” he says, referring to Bix and Bo Bear, the two children he shares with hisex-wife Angie Janu.
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As for his sons' reaction to his decades-old Armani campaign, Beghe says they think it’s “cool.”
The actor has starred as Sergeant Hank Voight onChicago P.D.for more than 200 episodessince 2014. Elsewhere in his conversation with PEOPLE, he described the show’s cast — includingPatrick John FluegerandMarina Squerciati— as being like “family” and shared that he’s enjoyed watching everyone grow and evolve over the years.
He continues: “And just like your friends and your children and yourself, you see these moments when people evolve, go to the next level, whatever it is, change. It’s natural and normal, but it’s still beautiful and inspiring.”
“I know for me and I think for a lot of us, one of the reasons why we’re still on the air is that we’re really grateful and we really care, and we we want to do a good job,” he tells PEOPLE. “We understand that it’s not really about us. It’s about you, the fans. This is your show. It’s for you. … The bottom line is there’s no point in telling a story unless there’s somebody listening. So it’s really about you, we’re telling you the story, and it’s an honor.”
source: people.com
