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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: Dashing Dasher

I prefer my Killer Mantis!!!


281 posted on 08/16/2005 1:25:36 PM PDT by Feiny (Tagline stolen by Dashing Dasher)
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To: pissant

Mr 9 1/2 WEEKS

282 posted on 08/16/2005 1:25:36 PM PDT by SweetCaroline (Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted!!)
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To: feinswinesuksass

283 posted on 08/16/2005 1:25:55 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

OMG most of these guys look like chicks!

Where's John Wayne? Where's Bruce Willis? Where is any guy that RESEMBLES A MAN?


284 posted on 08/16/2005 1:25:55 PM PDT by trubluolyguy (Well, why did you pull a gun on me if you didn't want to have sex?)
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To: Dashing Dasher

Lower?


285 posted on 08/16/2005 1:27:12 PM PDT by pissant
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To: Argh

Hell, I don't think you look a day over 60!


286 posted on 08/16/2005 1:27:44 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

legs? shaven.


287 posted on 08/16/2005 1:27:44 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher ("Why do I always get PINGED to Penis Threads?")
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To: trisham
The most attractive quality in a man is his mind. :)

LOL, I thought you said....the most attractive quality in a man was IN HIS MIND!!

288 posted on 08/16/2005 1:27:56 PM PDT by colorcountry (Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words. .....Zell Miller)
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To: pissant
Same here, went back to teaching seniors how to use the computer!!

They all think they can't, you know....LOL

289 posted on 08/16/2005 1:27:57 PM PDT by SweetCaroline (Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted!!)
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To: mercy

ROFL!


290 posted on 08/16/2005 1:28:08 PM PDT by pissant
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To: trubluolyguy

That's what I SAID!!


;-)


291 posted on 08/16/2005 1:28:46 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher ("Why do I always get PINGED to Penis Threads?")
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To: colorcountry

I'm trying! Rock was a handsome feller though. Until he started withering away.


292 posted on 08/16/2005 1:29:07 PM PDT by pissant
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To: SweetCaroline

I had no idea he was the one!!!!


293 posted on 08/16/2005 1:29:42 PM PDT by pissant
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To: trubluolyguy

See MY list, post 234.


294 posted on 08/16/2005 1:30:45 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

How did I miss that. Guess my eyes were still on Mel.


295 posted on 08/16/2005 1:30:54 PM PDT by Auntbee (Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.)
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To: colorcountry
I thought you said....the most attractive quality in a man was IN HIS MIND!!

**************

It's certainly true for some. But not for pissant, I'm sure.

296 posted on 08/16/2005 1:31:10 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

Gee, thanks, PA! Now, where did I put my hara kiri knife?


297 posted on 08/16/2005 1:31:18 PM PDT by Argh
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To: Dashing Dasher

Higher?


298 posted on 08/16/2005 1:31:59 PM PDT by pissant
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To: Auntbee

LOL. Probably!


299 posted on 08/16/2005 1:35:30 PM PDT by pissant
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To: trisham; colorcountry

Fer sure!!


300 posted on 08/16/2005 1:36:02 PM PDT by pissant
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