As an elderly person, I think Cary Grant, Robert Mitchum, and Gregory Peck would be described as handsome, but can't get enthusiastic about any of today's " stars". Brad Pitt does nothing for me, ditto Johnny Depp . Thoughts?
Well, yes ... "Lord M"! (How could Victoria possibly have been attracted to that wimp Albert when she had Rufus Sewell at her beck and call!) But I agree, they don't make film stars like they used to.
This is my first post, just couldn't resist. Luke Pasqualino - D'Artagnan in The Musketeers & Elvis in Our Girl - not a 'star' (yet) but currently getting a lot of telly time. Ticks all the boxes for me.
On the other hand this is my, by no means exhaustive, list of actors I'd watch if they were just reading the paper... Tom Hardy Tom Selleck Mark Harmon Vin Diesel Hugh Jackman Hayden Christensen Sacha Baron Cohen and of course, the uniquely beautiful Gregory Peck. Most of them have the plus of being intelligent, genuinely good blokes in real life which clinches it for me!
(Johnny Depp may be eye candy, but who needs visual diabetes?)
Don't we fall for the part they play on screen.? I drooled over Rufus Sewell as Lord M in the series Victoria. Having observed him in a recent TV interview his laid back cool and composed attitude had me drooling all over again. Who knows but in real life and off screen were we to meet them we could find these guys a complete turn off. However Clint Eastwood 'Bridges of Madison County'and now in his eighties will for ever be the one.
I love Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman defo no! Johnny Depp YES, Pierce Brosnan NO, Aiden Turner, Rufus Sewell YES, YES, but really, handsome is in the eye of the beholder. I think my husband is handsome, but many would disagree. I think Art Malik is a sexy as hell. Oh well.
I like men to look a bit rough round the edges, but as we are talking handsome:- Bradley Cooper - possibly the only up to date man that I like. The rest don't do it for me at all. Poldark - dark and dreamy Colin Firth - all stiff upper lip on the outside - but who knows what on the inside. I tend to REALLY like men that no-one else likes for example Jonathan Pryce (especially in Evita) Peter Kay (cuddly, cute and hilarious) and James May ( ex Top Gear presenter).
Ummm, who is Rufus Sewell? I used to love Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Omar Sharif, Terence Stamp (those eyes!), Peter McEnery, all the McGann brothers. Though not handsome, I used to find Charles Bronson very attractive.
Alan Rickman, Peter Capaldi and David Tennant all set my heart a-flutter. I had a crush on Peter Capaldi from when he was in Local Hero, and he's got better with age!
Have never seen Outlander, but did mean to buy theboxset to keep me going till GoT's is out on DVD again (don't have Sky so am a series behind). Don't like Clint Eastwood at all now because of his politics. Back in the day I was a Gill Favor(sp) fan. Anyone remember Horst Bucholz (so)? Find John Hurt very attractive now he (and I) are old!
No one has mentioned Tom Cruise! He used to always be at the top of the lists of 'world's sexiest men' and for the life of me I could never understand why. Now Tom Selleck (minus the Hawaian shirts) was a hunk.
Eye of the beholder for me. Isn't it good we don't all have the same taste or there might be a huge shortage of one type. I believe the media are guilty of bombarding us with 'special people'. Let's not be brainwashed by them.