Danny Masterson On 'Alter Egos,' Being A Super Hero, His '70s Show' Friends

Danny Masterson, star of That 70s Show and Men at Work, is taking on a new film role in the super hero comedy Alter Egos, in which he plays Jimmy, a man who can turn invisible, but for only 2.3 seconds. Masterson acknowledged that Invisibility sure has its perks, but if he could have a more feasible skill, he'd go the way of Rosetta Stone. “If I could have one, and it isn’t obviously flying or seeing through people, but one that was real, it would be to be able to speak every language, that would be a cool alter ego,” Masterson told Uinterview exclusively. “Let’s call him 'El Speak-O.'”


Masterson spent much of his childhood in Garden City, Long Island. At age 4 he became a child model, and shortly thereafter began appearing in television commercials and even Broadway musicals. At age 16, Masterson moved to Hollywood, where the acting work came pouring in. He made small appearances in films such as Beethoven’s 2nd and Face/Off, as well as television appearances on Roseanne, NYPD Blue and Cybill. He later received widespread fame when he was cast as Steven Hyde the popular sitcom That '70s Show. Currently Masterson can be seen on the TBS comedy Men at Work in which Masterson plays the lead character Milo Foster.



Over the years, Masterson has also fostered a burgeoning DJ-ing career under the moniker DJ Mom Jeans (an inside joke with his That '70s Show castmates Mila Kunis and Laura Prepon, who had to wear high-waisted jeans in the show). This humorous side seems to be a constant in Masterson’s work, as his time on Alter Egos was as much a friendly gathering as it was a working experience.



“My wife, Bijou [Philips], and [director] Jordan [Galland] have been best friends since they were in their early teenage years. And so Bijou was in his first film Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead, and we became friends over the last seven or eight years and he said, 'Hey, you know, do you want to come play the asshole in my movie?' And I said, 'Well it depends who’s in it.' And he said, 'Kris Lemche and Joey Kern,' who are two of my really close friends, so I said, 'Yeah.'"