Gilles Marini on Nip/Tuck: Sex, Showers & Craziness

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It's only been a week without Gilles Marini gracing our televisions in sequins and spandex, but the withdrawals have already set in.  

So as a special treat for you—and of course, ourselves—we sat down with the sexy Dancing With the Stars runner-up to chat about the final season of the always salacious Nip/Tuck...

Nip/Tuck won't be back until 2010—or forever as we say here in TV land—but his character is coming on to wreak so much havoc on Sean (Dylan Walsh) and the fam, we couldn't resist spilling the goods about six months in advance.

Big Bad Erica Is Back: Vanessa Redgrave is back as Julia's not-so-sweet mama, and she's bringing a little surprise along: new hubby and much younger bad boy, Reynaldo Panettiere (Gilles). And in case you've never seen the show, no, they didn't marry for love. "He's involved in trying to scheme Sean away from his kids so we can have the control of them. They realize I'm not the guy she should have married because I've done bad things, and then there's a big payback from Julia." Pretty standard for the plastic surgery drama, and for the record, when we asked Gilles to clarify that he is trying to steal the kids, he stated, "I'm not trying, I'm doing it."

Sex and the City 2.0? Not quite, but we did of course ask the question on everyone's mind: Will we see a little more naked Gilles on Nip/Tuck? The answer: kind of. "You don't see me in the shower. You see me in a towel and you realize that I've just had sex and I'm coming out of the shower because I needed to be clean." Delish!

On a Scale of 1-10? "It's going to be crazy; I'm talking crazier than ever." From Gilles' mouth to your ears; if you didn't already think Nip/Tuck had jumped the shark (illegal organ harvesting? Murder via teddy bear stuffing machine? The Carver?!), get ready for a wacky final season. "Every scene and every episode of the next season is unbelievable. The writing is so sharp. It's better than ever," says Gilles. "It's very edgy and very bad. It's Nip/Tuck and it's naughty." Sums it up better than we could.

Any thoughts on an evil Gilles? Are you just going to tune in to see that sexy body in action again? Sound off below.