Billy Crudup Discusses His Animated Penis

It's Trent, Bitch! — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:00:17 +0000

Billy Crudup sat down for an interview with Parade.com to talk about his role as Dr. Manhattan in the new live-action movie adaptation of the wildly successful graphic novel Watchmen. Fans of the graphic novel know that Dr. Manhattan, a superhero made entirely of energy, feels no compulsion to wear any clothing whatsoever and, therefore, is completely nekkid in much of the graphic novel. As a result, Crudup’s animated version of Dr. Manhattan will also appear in the nude in the movie which opens this Friday. Here is a preview screencap (censored of course) of Dr. Manhattan as he will appear in the new film:

After the jump, check out the NSFW uncensored full-frontal version of his photo along with an illustration from the original Watchmen graphic novel (for comparison) as well as portions from Crudup’s interview with Parade.com …

Billy Crudup has the biggest role in a very big movie. He’s the towering Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen, which has devoted fans counting down the days until its release. Playing the blue and often conflicted superhero in the adaptation of the popular graphic novel was a new challenge for Crudup, who more often than not has earned critical acclaim for his serious performances. And Crudup had to get used to letting a computer enhance his body, which left little to the imagination on the big screen.

Q: They say size doesn’t matter, but were you getting teased about how endowed you were?

A: Of course, but I’m not saying how much the computer helped. Actually, I didn’t fully expect the interest that Dr. Manhattan’s genitalia has received. But I understood his motivation for baring it all. Why would the guy with all this power really care about a uniform? He doesn’t need to obey society’s constraints because, if he wanted to, he could destroy society. So I think he kind of feels like, ‘You know what? I enjoy a good breeze on my private parts.’

Q: Not to get too personal, but were you unclothed on the set?

A: I am naked often, but was not naked that I recall during filming. I wore a pair of what were pretty elaborate pajamas and they were studded with about 1,200 blue LED’s so that Dr. Manhattan would glow blue. There were also motion capture electrodes on my body and I had over a hundred on my face. They all sent data into a computer that really created the Dr. Manhattan you see on the screen. My performance was basically just laying the groundwork for the CGI.

Q: Is that an acting challenge?

A: I guess I just took for granted that when you’re playing a character you have their coat, you have their watch, you have their glasses or whatever. And those are all things that are quite useful in helping your performance. When you take them away you have to pretty much rely on your imagination as your only real resource, and I realized mine had become a little rusty.

Q: Dr. Manhattan is a little conflicted about the dividing line between right and wrong, isn’t he?

A: I’ve thought that about almost all of the roles that I take. I always end up taking people that are morally ambiguous. Those are the characters that I find fascinating. I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don’t think I’d be very good at playing one. When you’ve got Harrison Ford up there on the screen you go, ‘I’ll watch him run from anything.’ He’s compelling. But you wouldn’t want to watch me do that.

Q: You’ve always worked hard to protect you privacy off screen, which isn’t easy.

A: You can’t possibly understand the effort that goes into not doing things — from interviews to magazine covers. But it’s important to me not to give everything away. I put a lot of time and energy and thought behind what I do and the characters that I create, and I don’t want to do anything peripheral that is going to make an audience see me up there on the screen rather than who I’m playing.

Q: So being famous isn’t number one on your wish list?

A: Fame isn’t really what it’s about. Look, it’s a human quality for people to want to feed their egos by having other people worship them, by having their attention, by having people be attracted to them. I think it probably has something to do with immortality. So to deny that is sort of silly. However, I do feel like there are more important things than whether I’m going to be on the cover of another magazine or on ET.

You gotta love that such a down to Earth guy has no qualms about appearing totally nekkid in one of the most anticipated films of the year … animated or not, such a feat takes … well, balls. I’ve already purchased tickets for an IMAX showing of Watchmen at midnight Thursday and I can’t wait to finally see the film for myself. I’ve dug out my copy of Watchmen the graphic novel and hope to have it completely read by showtime. I ain’t gonna lie, I’m curious to see what animated p33n looks like on the big screen (and in IMAX, no less). It shant be long now. Are any of y’all also gonna be seeing Watchmen on Thursday night?

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‘Watchmen’ Promises The Animated P33N

It's Trent, Bitch! — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:17:45 +0000

The big screen adaptation of Watchmen won’t hit theaters until March of 2009 but fans of the graphic novel are already chomping at the bit for any new info about the film leading up to its release next Spring. Defamer, ever the industrious sniffer-outer of the nekkidness, noted at the new HD trailer for Watchmen (which debuted at MTV.com last month) offers a quick glimpse of the Dr. Manhattan character — full frontal p33n and all. Fans of the Watchmen graphic novel are well aware that the atomic superhero Dr. Manhattan appears fully nude in the graphic novel … and they can rest assured that the good Doctor’s graphic nekkidness will be on full display when the movie hits theaters next year:

In the film, Dr. Manhattan is played by Billy Crudup but we have no way of knowing if the blue CGI p33n on display in the film is actually based on Billy’s manhood or if it is merely the work of inventive animators … I guess only a few people, ex-girlfriend Claire Danes included, will know for sure. After the jump, and without futher ado, check out the uncensored NSFW screencap of Dr. Manhattan in all his glory …

I added an image from the Watchmen graphic novel for comparison … and yep, looks like an animated penis to me. Altho the movie will only be providing a CGI penis in the film, I think it’s still a pretty big step to feature male full-frontal nudity at all. I’m pleased to know that the filmmakers want to keep the integrity of the original graphic novel intact for the movie version. One small step for p33n, is one giant step for mankind.

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Billy Crudup Discusses His Animated Penis

‘Watchmen’ Promises The Animated P33N