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Achilles appeal: Brad Pitt enters top 10 most handsome screen idols
London news review ^ | 8/16/05 | staff

Posted on 08/16/2005 7:32:23 AM PDT by pissant

With his role as Achilles - 'the handsomest man in Greece' - Brad Pitt has confirmed his position as one of the handsomest men ever to grace the silver screen.

Not only has his starring role in Troy transported Pitt into the superleague of Hollywood earners, but this epic showcasing of his legendary looks has driven him up to an impressive 5th position on the list of the most handsome men in Hollywood history.

Here is the list in full. Under each star is the film in which he was at his most handsome...

THE TOP TEN MOST HANDSOME MEN IN SCREEN HISTORY

1. Anthony Perkins

Best in: Fear Strikes Out (1956)

Almost too handsome to look at, Perkins is how the devil would look if he took human form. Suave beyond measure, Perkins could carry off knitwear better than anyone.

2. Gergory Peck

Best in: Roman Holiday (1953)

Quite extraordinarily good looking: tall and noble as a mighty oak, dark as night but strangely comforting. As god-like as Perkins is devilish.

3. Pierce Brosnan

Best in: The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

The half-smiles, the naughty eyes: he looks like he’s been chiselled out of sex. Brosan is as handsome as David Niven should have been.

4. Cary Grant

Best in: The Philadelphia Story (1940)

With Grant, it’s all about poise. So at ease with his extraordinary looks that he can even make you forget how handsome he is (most famously in Bringing Up Baby).

5. Brad Pitt

Best in: Troy (2004)

Perfect torso, perfect face and perfect hair meet in an explosion of beauty. No longer can anyone argue that his arms are too thin for him to be regarded as truly handsome.

6. Richard Barthelmess

Best in: The Patent Leather Kid (1927)

Broody, but clean cut. His eyes were infinite pools of longing. No one before or since could take a zoom like Barthelmess.

7. Johnny Depp

Best in: The Ninth Gate (1999)

The best hair since Peck. Mercilessly well-defined, Depp’s features are so sharp they could cut the screen.

8. Paul Newman

Best in: Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Adonis on the chain gang. Does with filthy, torn denim what Brosnan can do with a $10,000 suit.

9. Ronald Colman

Best in: Raffles (1930)

The gentleman hero with the best moustache in Hollywood and a devastating, come-to-bed chin. The Mills & Boon anti-hero par excellence.

10. Roger Moore

Best in: Live and Let Die (1973)

Steely but debonair. A truly magnificent forehead.


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To: PaulaB

Yumyumyumyumyum!~


121 posted on 08/16/2005 9:17:12 AM PDT by najida (OK, sometimes cropping a picture keeps you from getting in trouble.)
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To: pissant
Tex Cobb in Raising Arizona


122 posted on 08/16/2005 9:18:17 AM PDT by cowboyway (My heroes have always been cowboys.)
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To: pissant

What? No Sean Connery???


123 posted on 08/16/2005 9:20:06 AM PDT by colorcountry (Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words. .....Zell Miller)
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To: pissant

I thought Brad looks old and haggered in Troy. He looked FAR better as Tristan in Legends of the Fall.


124 posted on 08/16/2005 9:24:22 AM PDT by rintense
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To: pissant
What?? No Mel Gibson and Tom Berenger. I know my wife and
these two men (younger versions) would be at the top of her list.
125 posted on 08/16/2005 9:24:36 AM PDT by laceybrookesdad (A half truth is a whole lie!)
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To: najida

....he looks like my son!


126 posted on 08/16/2005 9:27:30 AM PDT by SweetCaroline (Brain Cells Come, Brain Cells Go, but FAT CELLS LIVE FOREVER! : >(()
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To: SweetCaroline

How old is your son?

Where does he live?

Is he single?

Does he have brothers?

Would you shoot me if I came on to him ;) ;)?


127 posted on 08/16/2005 9:30:59 AM PDT by najida (OK, sometimes cropping a picture keeps you from getting in trouble.)
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To: PaulaB
Okay, he's cute. But I would have to be a pedophile to be attracted to the boy!

I like my men with a few wrinkles and some balding going on.

Like this guy, if he wasn't so tiny and wasn't such a liberal moron.

Or this guy . . .

Or this guy . . .


128 posted on 08/16/2005 9:31:19 AM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: rintense
I thought Brad looks old and haggered in Troy. He looked FAR better as Tristan in Legends of the Fall.

That's because he smokes. His skin is turning into "smoker skin" right before our eyes.

He should be a poster boy for what can happen to your skin if you smoke.

IMHO...

129 posted on 08/16/2005 9:38:47 AM PDT by Dashing Dasher (No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.)
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To: najida

You forgot - is he single....


;-)


130 posted on 08/16/2005 9:41:12 AM PDT by Dashing Dasher (No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.)
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To: teenyelliott
The appeal of wrinkles and balding ...

I know the Vice President isn't an actor, but I couldn't find a good picture of Don Davis online :-).

131 posted on 08/16/2005 9:42:03 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Officially around the bend, at least for now.)
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To: pissant
1. Gay
2. Voted gay.
3. Not gay.
4. Not gay
5. Acts gay.
6. Never heard of him, which means he was probably gay.
7. Not gay, but could probably play a gay better than the others.
8. Votes gay. Gay anti-nukes stance when St. Ronald was Prez.
9. Oh, all right, not gay, but I don't like it.
10. Pul-leeze, the Gayest James Bond.

Hey, PA, you forgot Valentino.

132 posted on 08/16/2005 9:43:43 AM PDT by Argh
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To: Tax-chick
Yup. Mr. Cheney is a handsome man, all right.

His brilliance and demeanor put him over the top, IMO.

133 posted on 08/16/2005 9:44:28 AM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: pissant

no comment.....just wanted to post this photo of a preying mantis killing a hummingbird.

134 posted on 08/16/2005 9:45:00 AM PDT by Feiny (Tagline stolen by Dashing Dasher)
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To: feinswinesuksass

**LOL**


135 posted on 08/16/2005 9:46:26 AM PDT by PaulaB
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To: teenyelliott
His brilliance and demeanor

Exactly. His appearance reveals his character ... the twinkle, the smirk, the authoritative posture ... even the stoutness and baldness say, "This man doesn't quit when things get difficult."

With actors, obviously, the real person may be very different from what appears to an audience, but it's the impression of Vice Presidential qualities that appeals to me.

136 posted on 08/16/2005 9:49:53 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Officially around the bend, at least for now.)
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To: PaulaB

137 posted on 08/16/2005 9:54:49 AM PDT by Feiny (Tagline stolen by Dashing Dasher)
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To: Tax-chick
He is definitely Presidential. Oh, how I wish he would run, with Condi as vice-pres.

I'd pull a democrat, and vote for them several times.

138 posted on 08/16/2005 10:09:02 AM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: najida

YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where did you get the picture.


139 posted on 08/16/2005 10:15:29 AM PDT by diamond6 (Everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Ronald Reagan)
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To: pissant

It takes 2 to tango.....


140 posted on 08/16/2005 10:17:13 AM PDT by marmar (Even though I may look different then you...my blood runs red, white and blue.....)
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