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Oh, now we know why the publicist for The O.C.'s Ben McKenzie clamored to get an item in Page Six reaffirming his hott career and love for the ladies. This interview from Elle is a flack's worst nightmare, even more chilling than the one where they're sitting in their underwear on a crowded red carpet and suddenly find themselves unable to lie:

ELLE:Who's your guilty fantasy?

Ben McKenzie: Vanessa Redgrave. I saw her on Nip/Tuck. Maybe it was a body double, but she looked great. Is it really disturbing that I chose her?

ELLE: If, for a night, you could inhabit the body of any man living or dead to pick up women, who would you be?

BM: Probably Oscar Wilde. I know he was of a different persuasion, but that kind of genius acerbic wit is so effective. So Wilde if he liked chicks and had Colin Farrell's sexual appetite.

Certainly, there is no better way to charm a lady than the well-executed repetition of an Oscar Wilde bon mot. Would McKenzie choose Isaac Mizrahi for a wingman because women really like clothes? You can bet his publicist will immediately begin butching up his interview scripts, just as soon as she pulls the gun out of her mouth.