<p>Hugh Laurie played in the “Jeeves” series on PBS about 20 yrs ago. He was EXCELLENT!! However, as a result, I can’t get the image of a bumbling dweeb out of my mind.</p>
<p>A couple of Paul Newman stories…
15 years ago, I was picking out some melons at the grocery store. I looked up and on the other side of the display, my eyes locked with his. I thought I would die. I was about to say something but couldn’t. He just nodded and put his sunglasses on.</p>
<p>2-3 years ago, I was working at a local elementary school. I went to the main office to copy some papers. I barely noticed an older gentleman standing next to me. He was admiring the children’s art work on the wall. He commented how lovely it was and I agreed. I finished my copying and turned around. About 20 feet away, there was a wall of teachers, paras, parents, etc. all silently swooning. I turned back to the older man and realized it was Paul (I felt at this point, we were on a first-name basis.) Once again, our eyes locked!! And yet again I was speechless. (BTW, he just came in to read to a class of 1st graders–no connection, no promotion, no nothin’. How sexy is that!!)</p>
<p>I’m honestly surprised that none of the ladies mentioned Sean Connery. I have to get the mop and bucket to deal with the copious drool whenever the missus sees one of his flicks.</p>
<p>Agree–Matt Damon–very talented & intelligent but not super sexy (People must have a limited pool of people they consider for that honor!). He’s watchable because of his talent though (as compared to Ben Afflack, for example).</p>
<p>The few public figures I like have an intelligent, funny, mercurial quality to them (you can see their minds working & never know exactly what they will come up w/next…). E.g.: Robert Downey Jr. :-)</p>
<p>Now, this is my kind of thread! I was just thinking about Sean Connery – I actually like him better in his later years i.e. “The Rock.” I also have a thing for Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn in LOTR. Matt Damon is cute, but he reminds me of an old boyfriend – so he CAN’T be the Sexiest Man Alive.</p>
<p>I havent read the whole thread but…
Johnny Depp
has anyone seen a pic of how he looks for the role in Sweeney Todd? OMG!!!
Talk about aging well!!!</p>
<p>I have to love a Lowell House man, but no, I don’t consider Matt Damon the sexiest man alive. He isn’t even British! Ewan MacGregor is a serious contender. So is Christian Bale. I’ve been into him since we were both teenagers and he played the boy in Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V. <em>swoon</em></p>
<p>Clive Owen showed up at Fashion Week wearing a suit so sharp I almost didn’t want to rip it off of him. Almost.</p>
<p>Oh, and…I can’t wait for the new Indiana Jones movie. I can tell you the exact second in 1980 when I became aware of my heterosexuality, age five. It was, and is, and ever shall be all about Han Solo.</p>
<p>I am supremely unqualified to judge who is the sexiest man alive, but that has never stopped me from having an opinion in any other area.</p>
<p>The 21-year-old woman in my family would probably vote for Milo Ventimiglia (formerly of The Gilmore Girls, now of Heroes), some British 20-something actor who read comparative literature at Cambridge (I forget his name, but she really liked him), or Old 97s lead singer Rhett Miller (her imaginary “good boyfriend” for many years). Miller is extraordinarily attractive. My wife and I were watching him perform last summer. She doesn’t particularly like his music, but after 3 or 4 songs she turned to me and sighed, “He really is awfully cute, isn’t he?”</p>
<p>For my wife, it would probably be Johnny Depp, Clive Owen, or Daniel Craig (all of whom my daughter likes, too). Orlando Bloom was somewhat popular until his misbehavior made him look like a male skank.</p>
<p>Yes, yes, yes on Christian Bale…had my heart when “Jo March” (Winona Ryder) broke his heart in “Little Women”…sigh…</p>
<p>Also, Matthew MacFadyen…played “Mr. Darcy” in the most recent rendition of “Pride and Prejudice” opposite Keira Knightly…I am a sloppy, swooney mess everytime he tells her he’s “bewitched by her, body and soul”…</p>
<p>Sexiest men alive: my husband, Harrison Ford, Johnny Depp… but honestly, I’m not sure about the order.</p>
<p>My daughter and I once discussed the “Johnny Depp exception,” as in “when I get married, I’m going to be faithful… unless I get a chance to sleep with Johnny Depp.” I could see her point.</p>
<p>My current fave is from a TV show I got hooked on last year - don’t really have an excuse except for the fact that the leading man is just delicious to me…Kyle Chandler from Friday Night Lights. Weird, huh? LOL</p>
<p>nikrud, you have every excuse to like Friday Night Lights. I think it’s the best-written and best-filmed show on broadcast TV, and Kyle Chandler’s Eric Taylor is hands down the best male character. When I grow up, that’s who I want to be. (And, yes, he certainly gets to be in the running for this thread, although maybe he’s a tad too pretty to be distinctive.) I also love that he and his TV-wife get to have a believable, adult, monogamous, sexual relationship, even though she looks plenty old enough to have a daughter the age of the 20-something who plays her 16-year-old.</p>
<p>^^JHS-I agree! The show is just wonderful, and I think very realistic in many ways. I love the r/ship between the coach and his wife. Kyle Chandler is often shown w/a little stubble on his face, and I think he has just the right amount of ‘life’ in his face, i.e. crows feet, etc to look like a gracefully aging guy probably around 40. I just love him!</p>
<p>ladies remember demographics 18-34 years old. That’s who the sexist man alive is marketed to. :)</p>
<p>Look at it this way, whom would you want your daughter to marry? Who’s the best son in law?</p>
<p>Matt Damon strikes me as a kind, funny, considerate and dedicated lad. All those things women say they “want”, but can’t find. It is kind of refreshing to see the sexist man alive have qualities that we would want in the man that marries our daughters. Maybe not your fantasy but as a dad, he’s the type of guy I would hope my D finds. </p>
<p>The guy from house? naw, Anybody treated my daughter that way would end up on a milk carton. </p>
<p>Kyle Chandler since the series “homefront” has been an actor I like to watch. Friday night lights is my favorite regular tv show. I hope it lasts for awhile. My only dissappointment is Landry’s dumping the body. Why make the smart kid do a dumb thing? What was far more interesting in itself was watching his courtship and the relationship develope. Absolutely no need to throw a death in there. Now his dad (police officer) burns his car to hide evidence? Don’t they have Vin numbers, license plates and registered owners in Texas? </p>
<p>And yes, Kyle Chandler is another in the Matt D mold, just strikes you as a loyal,funny guy (in person and in character) that you would love for your D to meet.</p>
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