Rick Springfield to show his butt on 'Californication'

LOS ANGELES - Rick Springfield will bare his backside when he guest-stars on Showtime's "Californication."

"It's not full-frontal, but it's pretty much full on," the 60-year-old musician-actor said. "As long as it's for the part, I'm cool with it. And it's funny. It's not done to be particularly sexy."

Springfield will appear on four episodes, and he sheds his clothes by the end of the season. His first episode airs tomorrow.

He plays a washed-up movie star who wants to rebuild his career and said his character, also named Rick Springfield, is a "very twisted, warped version" of himself.

Springfield appeared on the daytime soap opera "General Hospital" in the early 1980s, when his hit song "Jessie's Girl" was a radio staple. He's made guest appearances on the show in recent years.

He bares his backside during a party scene featuring show stars David Duchovny and Evan Handler. "I've got a sore back from carrying this naked girl around," he said.

Springfield said "great writing" drew him to "Californication," adding that his character could return next season.