Monday, February 09, 2015

The Big Mac

Michael Keaton is going from playing a now-iconic character to portraying the man behind an icon for the times.

The man behind Ronald McDonald.

That’s right: Birdman will soon become The Founder, a.k.a. Ray Kroc, the milkshake-mixer salesman who sweet-talked two brothers from San Bernardino, Calif., Mac and Dick McDonald, into franchising their successful hamburger stand, only to cheat them out of the business and of about $200 million by pretending to have come up with the McDonald’s concept all on his own.

Photo: BostonGlobe.com.

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