DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - METCALFE'S TOYBOY ROLE MIRRORED HIS LAST ROMANCE

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES hunk JESSE METCALFE was well prepared for his toyboy role in the hit TV series - because his last romance was with a woman nine years his senior.

The sexy actor plays a 17-year-old gardener who has a passionate affair with EVA LONGORIA's housewife character.

And he enjoyed reliving his experiences with his unnamed ex during filming, because it reminded him how assertive and willing mature women are in the bedroom.

He says, "Older women are awesome, because they know what they want. Flattery gets you everywhere with them. Older women love compliments. And what's cool is older women just want to get right to it."