Runaways' Julian McMahon reveals why he returned to Marvel after Fantastic Four 

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bad guy Julian McMahon has explained why he chose to return to the Marvel Universe.

The actor, who plays Jonah on the show, first worked with the comic book giant when he appeared as Doctor Doom in the 2005

film – and he\'s revealed that he was attracted to the role because of his inner fan boy.

Speaking to Digital Spy, he said: "The first time was

was a comic book and a cartoon that I grew up with and Doctor Doom was my favourite villain.

"So, there was that kind of connection for me, but also Marvel then was a very different place – it was at the start of what it has become. It was a somewhat different environment."

was, let\'s say, not that well received, so McMahon would have needed a solid reason to jump back onboard the Marvel ship – and

is a comic book that I really wasn\'t aware of but one that I brushed up on," he said. "It\'s an interesting story, it has a current theme and it\'s really different to a lot of other Marvel pieces.

"It\'s got an enormous cast, you delve into everybody\'s lives and my character, Jonah, doesn\'t even exist in the comic book.

"Jonah\'s certainly taking a page out of Doctor Doom\'s book but he\'s a bit of a creep, he\'s got a little bit of an attitude problem and there\'s the difference. Jonah has an internal mission that no-one has any idea about."

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