Nip/Tuck returns with its fifth season at the end of this month and we previously filled you in on some details straight from the show's resident sex symbol, Julian McMahon.  As the egocentric half of the formerly Miami-based cosmetic surgery practice, McMahon's Christian Troy also provides the sexual pulse of the series.

The 39-year old actor had more to say about his Nip/Tuck alter ego's new challenges when he and his partner, Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) start anew in Los Angeles.

"Christian always thinks that he can dominate kind of any circumstance and situation that he's in," the one time law student and model told CanMag last month.  "In Miami, I feel like he did that to a certain extent but when he gets to L.A., it feels like he's kind of running amongst a bunch of people who are better at doing what he's doing than he is himself.”

McMahon goes on to reveal that for the first time in quite a while, Christian Troy may feel like a fish out of water, threatened by the disconcerting reality that he may be just another player amongst a s host of others who are actually greater than him.  It's a kind of wake-up call for the usually self-assured surgeon, who now feels pangs of insecurity and uncertainty.

“In L.A., everybody is just as charming, if not more so, better looking,” McMahon continued.  “Everything that he kind of holds onto, there's better here.  That's kind of his challenge."

He is quick to reassure Nip/Tuck followers however, that his Troy will not easily cower under threat and that he will continue to egg on with as much confidence and sex appeal as ever.

"I think that all the characters have always had a fighting spirit inside of them,” the son of Australia's former prime minister noted.  “I think obviously Christian's been a part of that. I think that yeah, he'll persevere.”

What the Australian-born Nip/Tuck heartthrob would like his onscreen persona to persevere in are more, kinky sex sequences.

"I don't think the show is kinky enough, so I'm kind of trying to push for that kind of stuff consistently,” the actor admitted.  "I just want to do weird things.”


-Rosario Santiago, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: CanMag
(Image Courtesy of FX)