admin @ Tue, 2006-09-05 11:00
On his birthday, as was the case for the last 10 of them, he was working. During this particular one, he devoted 12 hours shooting scenes on "Nip/Tuck," which begins a new season tonight at 10 on FX, where he plays wayward plastic surgeon Dr. Christian Troy.
"You have to realize the party is not worth it right now," he says of why he didn't celebrate more. "I like coming to work, and I like having that energy that you need to get through the day."
This certainly doesn't sounds like Dr. Troy, a notorious bed-hopper. Troy has the stamina to work hard during the day and play harder at night.
Unlike his TV character, McMahon, twice divorced and the father of a 6-year-old daughter with actress Brooke Burns, is learning to appreciate his life.
"Nip/Tuck" has solidified him as a bona fide TV star and a cable-TV sex symbol. Even Rosie O'Donnell, who'll be appearing on the show later this season, says McMahon is her newest crush.
This is par for the course on "Nip/Tuck," which always raises the ire of conservative watchdog groups, and it's usually because of something Christian has done.
"There's a guttural response to this show," he says. "People feel very connected. I get propositioned in many varied ways. I get everything from ‘Can you fix my wife's (breasts)?' to ‘Do you want to go home with me?' They are blatant. It breaks out everyone's naughtiness. It tweaks people, I think."
When it comes to that, McMahon says, he does not seize the day. There's Christian Troy, the egomaniac party boy he plays, and then there's McMahon the actor.
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