Dr. Doom and Murdoch: Separated at the Evil Lair?
Here's a good way to not get hired for your big budget movie's sequel: equate your evil character with your boss (regardless of how evil he may be).
Here's what Fantastic Four co-star Julian McMahon had to say about the resemblance between his Dr. Doom character and Rupert Murdoch, the man who signs McMahon's checks for the film and his F/X series, Nip/Tuck:
"He's a man who is pretty much reasonably egotistical... Very much set on getting what he wants out of life and will do whatever he has to do and can do to make sure that he gets that... Even just as a businessman, before he became this Dr. Doom thing, he would run over you if he had to. He didn't care... You know there's only a certain few men on this planet that are visually those type of men that we know have that kind of power and money. And I think Rupert's one of them."
Somehow we don't think Murdoch will care: His own kids have probably said things ten times worse this week alone.
