Blue fans, who have seen both Franz and partner Jimmy Smits nude in the past. This angel knows he has only a short period of time on this Earth, so he wants to indulge in the good things life has to offer.”Īmong those pleasures is skinny-dipping, with a brief glimpse of the former angel’s bare bottom. “I think I put a little more limits on my life than Messinger does,” the actor says. Cage is a fellow angel, smitten with another human (Ryan).įranz was attracted by the sheer joy which his character takes in life. He made the sacrifice for City of Angels, in which he plays Nathaniel Messinger, a former angel who gives up eternity to become mortal when he falls in love with a human woman. “I look at each one and have to decide if anything is worth sacrificing the time for during my summer vacation.” “Making a film is the kind of thing I look forward to at the end of the season each year,” Franz says. Blue, now in its fifth season, and also co-stars with Meg Ryan and Nicolas Cage in City of Angels, opening today. The 53-year-old Franz plays the most popular character on N.Y.P.D.
“Well,” he says, laughing, “I didn’t say I was perfect.”