`Nothing naked,` but just enough

‘N o t h in g n a k e d ,’
b u t ju s t e n o u g h
H is fa v o rite fo o d is h is m o th e r’s
la sa g n a .
H is fa th e r sa ys h e is “9 0 -p e r-c e n t p e rfe c t.”
A n d h e re , o n P a g e 1 4 3 o f th e
N o v e m b e r issu e o f P la yb o y, th re e n a k e d
w o m e n stra d d le h im .
V in c e M u rd o c c o is yo u r lo c a l b o y m a d e
good.
H is
dad,
F ra n k
M u rd o c c o , is th e
o w n e r o f th e
C a la b ria C a fe
on
C o m m e rc ia l
a n d h is p rid e
in h is so n is
m a tc h e d o n ly
b y th e u tte r
p e rfe c tio n
of
h is e sp re sso a n d c a p p u c c in o
B a c k to th e n a k e d p e o p le . “T h e re h e is.
Y o u c a n ju st se e a little b it o f h is fa c e ,”
sa ys F ra n k , p o in tin g to th e su p p o rtiv e
p e rso n b e lo w .
B u rn a b y b o y V in c e M u rd o c c o is H o llyw o o d ’s n e w F le sh G o rd o n . H e Is a lso th e
lig h t-h e a v yw e ig h t k ic k b o x in g c h a m p io n
o f C a n a d a , a d istin c tio n n o t so in c id e n ta l
b e c a u se it m e a n s th a t h e ’s to u g h , a th le tic
a n d n a tu ra lly m a rk e ta b le a s a m o v ie
hunk.
H is life th e se d a ys is in a sta te o f
a p p re h e n d e d ig n itio n w h ile film d o m g e ts
re a d y to tu rn th e k e y, c ra n k u p th e re v s
p o p th e c lu tc h o n th is v e h ic le th a t c o u ld
m a k e yo u n g V in c e v e ry b ig v e ry fa st.
F o r so o n “F le sh G o rd o n M e e ts th e
C o sm ic C h e e rle a d e rs” . It’s th e m o v ie
th a t h is d a d h o p e s w ill tu rn V in c e
M u rd o c c o in to B u rn a b y’s n e x t M ic h a e l
J . F o x , o n ly ta lle r.
S ix te e n ye a rs a fte r th e b o o m in g ly
su c c e ssfu l so ft-c o re F le sh G o rd o n b e g a n
to re a p its $ 7 0 m illio n o n m o v ie sc re e n s,
th e V a n c o u v e r-m a d e se q u e l is a b o u t to
L e t h is d a d te ll it, a s h e p ro u d ly d o e s
te lls e v e ryo n e w h o c o m e s in to C a la b ria .
“M y b o y w e n t to F o rt L a u d e rd a le to
fig h t a n d th e re h e m e t th e P e n th o u se P e t
o f th e M o u th (n o t ye t, b u t sh e w o u ld b e
in J u n e 1 9 9 0 ). A n d sh e te ll in lo v e w ith
m y so n .
“S h e p h o n e d h im a lm o st e v e ry d a y. S h e
c a m e u p h e re a fe w tim e s a n d sh e w a s
lo o k in g fo r a p a rt h i th e m o v ie F le sh
G o rd o n . S o V in c e d ro v e h e r to w h e re
th e y w e re d o in g th e a u d itio n s.
“T h o se m o v ie g u ys — in ste a d o f
lo o k in g a t h e r th e y c o u ld o n ly lo o k a t m y
so n . T h e y lo o k e d a t h im a n d th e y fig u re d
h e lo o k s b e tte r th a n D o n n y L a lo n d e , th e
g u y th e y w e re p la n n in g to h a v e a s F le sh
G o rd o n .
“S o th e y te ll m y so n th e y w a n t h im ,”
F ra n k sa ys th a t V in c e w a s su ita b ly
m o d e st. “I’m n o a c to r, I’m a fig h te r.” h is
d a d sa ys h e to ld th e p ro d u c e rs.
T h e y in siste d .
T h e P e n th o u se P e t? F ra n k stre sse s th a t
w h e n M iss J u n e sta ye d w ith th e
M u rd o c c o ’s sh e d id n ’t d re ss a s sh e d id in
th e p h o to sp re a d . “T h e y’re n o t g o in g o u t
a n y m o re b u t sh e still c a lls h im a ll th e
tim e . In h e r m in d sh e still w a n ts to m a rry
h im ,” sa ys F ra n k .
B a c k to P la yb o y. It’s a fe a tu re e n title d
S e x In C in e m a 1 9 9 0 , w h ic h F ra n k sa ys is
a n o v e rsta te m e n t ‘1 w o u ld n ’t le t h im d o
It If it w a s a p o rn o , E v e n if h e Is 2 4 n e x t
m o n th , I w o u ld n ’t le t h im d o it.
“T h e re ’s n o th in g n a k e d in th is m o v ie .
A lo t o f b ik in i, a lo t o f to p le ss — . w h ic h
is n o rm a l if th e y w a n t to g e t p e o p le to g o
to th e m o v ie .
“T h e y h a v e lo v e a n d k issin g a n d stu ff
lik e th a t. If n o t, w h a t w o u ld th e y d o ? J u st
sta n d a ro u n d lik e sta tu e s? ”
L ife a fte r F le sh h a s in c lu d e d a ro le in
K ic k b o x in g II, w h e re V in c e p la ys a n o tb a d g u y k ille d 2 0 m in u te s b e fo re th e e n d .
T h e fa c t is th a t V in c e M u rd o c c o is a
g o o d g u y. W h e n e v e r h e ’s in to w n h e
w o rk s in th e e sp re sso b a r w ith h is d a d
a n d tw o b ro th e rs, a lth o u g h a t h o m e h is
m o m still h a s to m a k e h is b e d a n d c le a n
u p a fte r h im .
T h e se d a ys h e a lte rn a te s liv in g in
B u rn a b y a n d L A , w h e re h e ta k e s a c tin g
le sso n s a n d lo o k s fo r w o rk w h ile a w a itin g re le a se o f h is tw o m o v ie s
H e sp e n t m o n th s se e k in g a c tin g jo b s in
V a n c o u v e r-b a se d p ro d u c tio n s, b u t h is
fa th e r sa ys h e c o u ld n ’t g e t b ig p a rts o n
W ise g u y o r 2 1 J u m p S tre e t “b e c a u se yo u
c a n ’t h a v e to o m a n y g o o d -lo o k in g g u ys
o n th e sa m e p ro g ra m .
“A n d w h y is V in c e o n ly 9 9 -p e r-c e n t
p e rfe c t? “B e c a u se so m e tim e s h e d o e sn ’t
liste n to m e ,” sa ys