Posted on 03/19/2015 11:06:09 AM PDT by donna
Actors were once strapping hunks, thick-thighed he-men who had only to arrive at a film premiere to make everyone’s eyes bulge.
These Adonises towered above lesser mortals and had their suits made specially for them because they were such muscular specimens.
That’s the way things were when the likes of John Wayne (6ft 4in), Gregory Peck (6ft 3in), Charlton Heston (6ft 3in) and Clint Eastwood (6ft 4in) were in their prime.
They were big men playing big characters, often on top of enormous horses or engaged in butch boxing bouts.
Compare that with the recent Oscars ceremony, when our own Eddie Redmayne was announced as winner of the Best Actor category for his performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything. The audience members sitting near him leapt to their feet to applaud — and little Eddie was suddenly dwarfed.
The actress Cate Blanchett loomed over him — she looked so much bigger than him, he could have been her lunch. And yet Redmayne, at 5ft 10in, is one of the taller modern male stars.
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Daniel Day-Lewis is a Brit ???
Who knew ???
I always think of him when I think of my own Leatherstocking type ancestor who was in the Provincial Army at that same period.. He was killed fighting the French and Indians at Lake George, Sept 1755
He was said to be handsome and charmed his future MIL with the gift of his Irish tongue.. My 6th ggrandma refused to marry anyone else..
:)
Okay, Brit and Irish.
Christian Bale and Gerard Butler are two more tall and muscular Brit actors.
‘Not so much to admire, unless filandering, infidelity and forced abortions are your thing”
All my life I loved Gary Cooper then I saw an interview by Patricia Neal. It broke my heart that an actor that always portrayed such noble characters was such a creep.
Height isn’t as important as length.
Yup. Of course there are exceptions, but it seems to me cutting edge current leading men of today all look way prettier and softer than the leading men types of the past. And it seems like there was a lot more guys with leading man gigs who didn’t even look classically handsome back then.
Freegards
Well why are we comparing English stars? We English stars back in the day tall? Worthless lie of an article not that I am surprised.
I can’t stand him but that movie was good and Tom did well.
No clue!
Yes the trend does seem to not care that the woman is taller with high heals. It annoys me but I imagine nobody cares in Hollywood what I think....Nicole Kidman who FINALLY found a decent husband STILL wears heals that even makes her hubby shorter. I don’t know why she does that.
Most likely because Hollywood has chosen to hire a ton of Canadians, Europeans, and Australians today. You see a much larger percentage of foreigners than actual Americans in films today. That may have something to do with shorter actors too.....
And Duvall is a fantastic actor. See ‘Tender Mercies’.
Love Bogey..those things made him real..made him Bogey.
Arnold Schwarznagger - short
Nearing 80 Loren needs to dial it way down..put the boobs away. She’s. Looking like a drag queen.
Wish could add some.I barely weigh 100 soaking wet..runs in the family
“In today’s Hollywierd Bogart’s lip scar and lisp would be eliminated by CGI.”
Then what about Joaquin Phoenix?
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