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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

I assume you aren't male! LOL So no, you are on the FEMALE top 7 list!


241 posted on 08/16/2005 12:59:51 PM PDT by pissant
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To: SweetCaroline

Busier than the proverbial one legged man! :o)


242 posted on 08/16/2005 1:00:20 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant
Thank you sweetie...

urhhh I may want to read above before I post next time....
LMBO...
243 posted on 08/16/2005 1:01:24 PM PDT by PaulaB (The words “under God” are implicit throughout the hundreds of founding documents of this nation.)
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To: PaulaB

Would you like satin sheets with that order?


244 posted on 08/16/2005 1:03:57 PM PDT by pissant
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To: Hoodlum91

You give me your top 3 and I'll tack them on! :o)


245 posted on 08/16/2005 1:04:31 PM PDT by pissant
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To: PaulaB

Are you a blonde? ROFL!


246 posted on 08/16/2005 1:05:21 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

I agree except for #6 butt-face, Cary Grant....it just bothers me that he's gay (and prettier than me).


247 posted on 08/16/2005 1:06:46 PM PDT by colorcountry (Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words. .....Zell Miller)
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To: colorcountry

Cary Grant is NOT gay!


248 posted on 08/16/2005 1:07:37 PM PDT by pissant
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To: PaulaB

I agree...
I rate them on my "Toe-curlo-meter"

Newman - Yep
Connery- Yep
Selleck- Yep
Gibson- Oh yeah!
Regean- Admired Uncle (no toe curl)
Grant- Ya know, he's cute and all, but no toes....hmmmm
Wayne- Definately no toes here!


249 posted on 08/16/2005 1:07:56 PM PDT by najida (OK, sometimes cropping a picture keeps you from getting in trouble.)
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To: pissant
Actually yes..I am a blonde..thank you for asking
did I just have blonde moment...it's possible :)
250 posted on 08/16/2005 1:08:51 PM PDT by PaulaB (The words “under God” are implicit throughout the hundreds of founding documents of this nation.)
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To: PaulaB; Dashing Dasher

Yer in good company. Dasher is a blonde (so she says) LOL


251 posted on 08/16/2005 1:10:45 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

252 posted on 08/16/2005 1:13:07 PM PDT by gate2wire (We Honor Those Who Serve---WE REMEMBER--Thank you)
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To: pissant

I like the list, except for Paul Newman. He's a bit of a lefty, I think.


253 posted on 08/16/2005 1:13:35 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkes.)
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To: pissant

I'll send you one.


254 posted on 08/16/2005 1:13:50 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.)
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To: Auntbee

Mel and Sean?

They are there! Don't worry.

Sorry - too busy with work to ping - my bad.


255 posted on 08/16/2005 1:14:43 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.)
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To: colorcountry

Rock Hudson was gay.


256 posted on 08/16/2005 1:14:59 PM PDT by Auntbee (Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.)
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To: Dashing Dasher

From?


257 posted on 08/16/2005 1:15:13 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

All good.

You know alot about manly men - for a guy.


258 posted on 08/16/2005 1:15:31 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.)
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To: pissant

arm?


259 posted on 08/16/2005 1:15:44 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.)
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To: gate2wire

He made my list.


260 posted on 08/16/2005 1:15:47 PM PDT by pissant
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