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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: Grannyx4

I'm a sucker for accents, too. Put it in a uniform and I'm putty. I remember watching the Virginian, too. Rent Shenandoah sometime. First few times I watched it I cried.


321 posted on 08/16/2005 2:53:38 PM PDT by Auntbee (Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.)
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To: Auntbee

I'll do that. I am always looking for good flicks which means I'm usually looking at older films. And you are so right about the uniform! When my husband was in the Air Force, I loved to sit and talk with one of his flight instructors, he was English, cute and married. Two out of three isn't bad! But seriously...


322 posted on 08/16/2005 2:58:28 PM PDT by Vor Lady (Mr. Pitt, Mr. Idol called, he wants his hair back!)
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To: pissant
Well, I'm late to this thread but I see some serious omissions:

Already posted but needs repeated:


323 posted on 08/16/2005 3:49:54 PM PDT by meowmeow (Meow! Meow!)
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To: Grannyx4

No. I got brown paper sacks. :(


324 posted on 08/16/2005 4:40:45 PM PDT by pissant
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To: mrs. a

And he played in what movie??


325 posted on 08/16/2005 4:41:10 PM PDT by pissant
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To: teenyelliott

I call him my future slippers.


326 posted on 08/16/2005 4:41:34 PM PDT by pissant
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To: meowmeow; feinswinesuksass

I think feinswinesuksass is a big Russell Crowe fan. She got mad at me for mocking him once! ;o)


327 posted on 08/16/2005 4:42:37 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

Too bad. The lunch box was way cool. I think there is a photo of it on one of the Rat Patrol fan sites. I usually got paper sacks and had I showed up at school with a little kids's lunch box I would have been razzed forever.


328 posted on 08/16/2005 4:46:23 PM PDT by Vor Lady (Mr. Pitt, Mr. Idol called, he wants his hair back!)
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To: pissant

I have to totally agree with you.....for the obvious reasons........


329 posted on 08/16/2005 5:36:33 PM PDT by marmar (Even though I may look different then you...my blood runs red, white and blue.....)
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To: pissant
Dr P........the Duke was such a man........nice post and thank you, from me who is photo posting challenged.....Which big hunk are you.......LOL
330 posted on 08/16/2005 5:39:22 PM PDT by marmar (Even though I may look different then you...my blood runs red, white and blue.....)
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To: Grannyx4

It was fun to draw on the paper sacks anyway!


331 posted on 08/16/2005 5:41:08 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

I do like his acting, but his personality in real life leaves much to be desired.


332 posted on 08/16/2005 5:42:05 PM PDT by Feiny (Tagline stolen by Dashing Dasher)
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To: marmar

Which reason. That Jolie is a hottie or that Anniston is a turd? ;o)


333 posted on 08/16/2005 5:42:30 PM PDT by pissant
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To: marmar

Pissant is in a category by himself. LOL. Fortunately!


334 posted on 08/16/2005 5:43:22 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

Next time you do one of these threads, might I suggest 'the best dimples in film'? I would do it, but I haven't figured out how to post the pics. Of course, I'm talking about facial dimples! I'd offer up Sean Connery (again) and Sam Neill. Both have great dimples! Also the actress who played the daughter on Big Valley.


335 posted on 08/16/2005 5:43:32 PM PDT by Vor Lady (Mr. Pitt, Mr. Idol called, he wants his hair back!)
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To: pissant
That anistion.......is not really anything but her hair, Jolie happens to be all that and a bag of chips....
336 posted on 08/16/2005 5:44:44 PM PDT by marmar (Even though I may look different then you...my blood runs red, white and blue.....)
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To: pissant

Your right.......what was I thinking.......LOL


337 posted on 08/16/2005 5:45:32 PM PDT by marmar (Even though I may look different then you...my blood runs red, white and blue.....)
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To: Grannyx4; marmar

I will be happy to teach both of you how to post pics tomorrow. It's easy but you need to be precise!


338 posted on 08/16/2005 5:49:55 PM PDT by pissant
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To: marmar

LOL. And a chocolate chip cookie too! ;o)


339 posted on 08/16/2005 5:50:38 PM PDT by pissant
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To: marmar

Notice I did not say a "hunk" category. ;o)


340 posted on 08/16/2005 5:51:16 PM PDT by pissant
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