You told the Wonder Con audience you get to take your clothes off in this...
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Do you have a favorite scene?
Oh God, I think I have probably two favorites. There’s the Victor when he’s masked and taped and all that kind of stuff. I think my favorite scene is when he’s with Reed Richards and he’s laughing – Victor’s laughing – because he’s got Reed all tied up and screwed up and whatever (laughing). And Victor’s got these big rocket launcher things and he just uses them like they’re tiny midget toys. I just loved that because it was such a wonderful show of the power of this guy. And then I think Jessica and I had a lot of fun scenes together.
Romantic scenes?
Yeah. And we have this one specific scene – I’m not going to get into it – but a specific scene which is the end of the romance, which I thought was quite wonderful. It’s great. It’s cool.
How does it feel to become an action figure?
You know how I was telling you about that scanning thing? It’s so specific. There’s one of these scanners on the planet. In fact, there was a time when we needed it on “Fantastic Four” and we couldn’t get it because it was in London. It was being flown back. It has its own jet that it gets flown in. This is how amazing and immaculate and expensive this machine is, right? But I saw my head the other day. It was [holding his thumb and forefinger an inch or so apart] this big. It’s kind of weird, to be honest, but it’s a great part of what it is. I mean, that whole franchising. That whole spreading it over from movies to toys to whatever. That, to me, is like a part of what it was when I was a kid. I went and got Darth Vader. I remember we had these magnetism things so you could whack his head off (laughing). And then you could put it back on really easily. I think it’s just very cool.
Is it a good likeness?
It’s slightly different but that’s about it. I mean, maybe the hair’s a little different or something and that was it. It’s strikingly similar. It’s ridiculous. It’s scary, actually… They have the evolution of Von Doom with the toys, too. So you’ve got him with nothing, and then with the scars, and then with the mask.
Will you return in the “Fantastic Four” sequel?
I’m signed on to do the sequel but I really have to be honest with you. The way that I would look at it if I was Fox and those guys, it just depends on how well Von Doom’s received, I think. And how well you can fit him back in again. If it works storyline-wise, and if the audience liked him originally, then I’d say they’d bring him back. That’d be a no-brainer. But if they feel like they’ve kind of done Von Doom and they need to bring in somebody else, I can understand that as well. We’ll see.
Switching to your work in “Charmed,” how was it returning for the 150th episode?
Yeah, you know, that just for me - I loved working on that show. I really did. And I loved playing that character. And the show and that character really kind of gave me a lot as far as an actor’s concerned. I feel like where I’m at now is really attributed to what they allowed me to do on “Charmed,” and what they gave me on “Charmed.” So for me I kind of feel eternally indebted to Brad Kern and all of those writers, particularly, – and the girls – for letting me be an absolute idiot and do whatever the hell I wanted. And so for me going back was a no-brainer.
Obviously, the only concern was timing and it worked out perfectly. And, you know, it’s the 150th episode. I was killed in the 100th and I come back in the 150th. I’ll go back for the 200th if they have one (laughing) and if I was asked. But it was a great character to play. It was great fun going back and filling my shoes again. It really was. It was weird for the first couple of minutes. I was like, “Who is this?” But I like the show. I think the show’s wonderful.
Do you have any news on “Nip/Tuck?”
You know on everything I do they try and kill me, and I always come back (laughing). So I’m just going to keep on coming back, I don’t care how they try. We’re going to start shooting again in June and the season is going to go up in September. It’s going to be a full release as opposed to summer, which will be our first time up against the big guys. I guess this is kind of ‘do or die’.
