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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: rintense

I think he looks too wimpy altogether


181 posted on 08/16/2005 11:50:33 AM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

I'm on the edge of my seat.


182 posted on 08/16/2005 11:50:44 AM PDT by Dashing Dasher (No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.)
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To: laceybrookesdad

Tell your wife it was not Pissant's list!


183 posted on 08/16/2005 11:51:05 AM PDT by pissant
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To: laceybrookesdad
The young Mel Gibson (a pic for your wife):

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From the YUMMY movie "The Year of Living Dangerously"

184 posted on 08/16/2005 11:51:20 AM PDT by StrictTime (This tagline will return in 5 minutes.)
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To: Argh

LOL. You have quite the Gaydar, Mr. Argh. Must be that Vancouver living!


185 posted on 08/16/2005 11:51:48 AM PDT by pissant
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To: feinswinesuksass

I like it! The bird eating spider is pretty cool too!


186 posted on 08/16/2005 11:52:17 AM PDT by pissant
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To: marmar

Yes it does. But I can't balme Brad for ditching hoosiesnoots.


187 posted on 08/16/2005 11:53:59 AM PDT by pissant
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To: diamond6

If only I ever heard of any of those guys. LOL


188 posted on 08/16/2005 11:54:34 AM PDT by pissant
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To: teenyelliott

Re: Ed Harris

I agree on all points.


189 posted on 08/16/2005 11:55:14 AM PDT by StrictTime (This tagline will return in 5 minutes.)
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To: MotleyGirl70

I think Newman is a cut above all but Grant and Peck. I'll post my list in a minute.


190 posted on 08/16/2005 11:57:36 AM PDT by pissant
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To: rintense

Google's gonna give me heart failure.... But dang, I love this picture!

191 posted on 08/16/2005 11:58:15 AM PDT by najida (OK, sometimes cropping a picture keeps you from getting in trouble.)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

And the earring thing was a very poor choice!


192 posted on 08/16/2005 11:58:48 AM PDT by pissant
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To: najida

I liked him in Timeline too. He's just so manly!!! I like the rugged good looks.


193 posted on 08/16/2005 11:58:59 AM PDT by rintense
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To: atomicpossum

Yes, but most of the poofers barely look manly!


194 posted on 08/16/2005 11:59:21 AM PDT by pissant
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To: Argh

But Rock Hudson did not look gay! LOL


195 posted on 08/16/2005 11:59:53 AM PDT by pissant
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To: rintense

I just love the smell of testosterone in the morning.


196 posted on 08/16/2005 12:01:17 PM PDT by najida (OK, sometimes cropping a picture keeps you from getting in trouble.)
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To: Hoodlum91

The white guy or the black guy?


197 posted on 08/16/2005 12:04:08 PM PDT by pissant
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To: najida

LOL. It was a joke!!!


198 posted on 08/16/2005 12:04:54 PM PDT by pissant
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To: najida

Can't say I could fall for a guy who wears more eye makeup than I do.


199 posted on 08/16/2005 12:04:54 PM PDT by sarasota
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To: Dashing Dasher

Hmmmmm. I think I like that!


200 posted on 08/16/2005 12:05:25 PM PDT by pissant
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