

However Priestley added he still very much enjoys acting and said: “I seem to split my time pretty evenly these days and I’m going to continue to do that for as long as I can. “I’m just trying to maintain some sort of semblance of attractiveness so I can hang on ever so slightly to a career in front of the camera but eventually I’m going to have to give it up and retreat to the director’s chair like my friend George.” I feel like my days of playing a young heartthrob are definitely in the rear-view mirror. He told the PA news agency: “I identify with that 100%. Priestley revealed he too has one eye on going behind the camera more often. Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson star in the hit comedy drama series Private Eyes (Shuli Grosman-Gray/PA)Ĭlooney, 59, recently said he was becoming too old to be a leading man after starring in and directing The Midnight Sky. The 51-year-old is back on TV in series four of comedy drama Private Eyes, which he stars in as well as directing multiple episodes. Priestley shot to fame in the early 1990s playing pinup Brandon Walsh on the hugely popular teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210. Actor Jason Priestley joked his days of being a heartthrob are over and said he will follow George Clooney into the director’s chair.
