The Spotlight Kid has been holding out on us. Entertainment Weekly’s Popwatch blog posted this link to a photo of the WB’s new Aquaman, Will Toale, apparently captured in a candid moment while shopping for produce shirtless, as most men are known to do. Toale’s qualifications for the Aquaman role have thus been revealed, in the form of a well-tanned, washboard stomach.
Bearing limited acting credentials, Toale is best known for his modeling work–specifically underwear modeling, the better to show off his abs of steel. Pity, then, that he must cover them up for his new role, and instead wear the infinitely less flattering orange-and-green wetsuit. Unless of course hiding his remarkable abs is essential to maintaining Aquaman’s anonymity, much like Clark Kent’s dorky glasses?
Either way, rest assured that the Aquaman writers will find plenty of excuses for Aquaman’s alter ego, Arthur Curry, to whip his shirt off at the drop of a hat, the better to keep those female teenage viewers drooling. Toale clearly has a bright future ahead of him, just like his brothers-in-arms, former underwear models Mark Wahlberg and Antonio Sabato Jr….or at least that dude who played Tarzan a couple years back.
