But that wasn’t the first gig he applied for. Drama teacher, landscaper and building manager were all among his preferred professions.
“The Cayman Islands refuses to give me work permits,” Hammer explained. “Is there a world where I could just say ‘f–k it’ and figure out how to borrow money from family or do anything like that? Yeah. But that’s just not who I am, that’s not what I want to do. That’s never been who I wanted to be.”
And Hammer—who has denied all sexual misconduct allegations—emphasized that he’s always operated against the grain.
“When I was 19 years old, I decided to go be an actor,” he continued. “I didn’t follow in the family footsteps. I didn’t graduate from high school. I didn’t go to college. I didn’t get an MBA. I didn’t do any of those things. If I had done that, my life path and career trajectory would have been laid. I would have job dependency. I would have a paycheck. I would have all those things, but that wasn’t who I was.”
