My top ten… ish
Not that I like objectifying men, but here goes with a meme stolen from Little Miss Awkward, in which we list our top ten men who make us feel hot and flustered. And any excuse to browse gorgeous photos on the web.
1. It has to be Sam West. I have met this man countless times and have never managed not to say something stupid. I think everything about him is simply breathtaking. Especially his hair. He is also the best Hamlet I’ve ever seen, and his voice is luscious.
2. Now this man’s writing is pure poetry, and he knows just how to deliver a song. Ooh delicious, M Vincent Delerm.
3. Adrian Lester won my heart in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Stratford years ago, and I loved him in Hustle too. His performance as Bobby in Sondheim’s Company is just wonderfully sung.
4. Now I know he’s old enough to be my grandfather, but his work makes him immortal in my eyes. Placido Domingo is one incredible man. I am currently just one handshake away from him.
5. In the Bertie Wooster days with the curly hair and the fantastic suits, Mr Hugh Laurie really really does it for me! And now he remains just lovely…
6. Jude Law as Bosie. Just as Bosie.
7. This man’s sexiness just cannot be understated. The way he understood the female mind and the female body is evident in his writing for the voice. Mozart, ti amo.
8. I don’t think there is nothing wrong with liking a fawn. It was as Mr Tumnus that I first noticed Mr James McAvoy. (He looks distressingly like the concert pianist ex whilst he is dressed as a fawn, to the extent that my friends were phoning me and asking if I had seen the movie!)
9. Maxim Vengerov is an incredibly gifted musician, an enigmatic performer, and an altruistic, hard-working, beautiful person. And gorgeous!
10. Further to comments by John, I’ve decided on number ten. Johnny Depp really does scale the dizzy heights of beauty, even as the Demon Barber!
Well not sure how to comment on this as a bloke(!), but I have to say it’s good to see what is evidently a thinking woman’s top ten, rather than all the bimbo Brad Pitt-type air heads!
I saw Sam West do Hamlet too, it was utterly brilliant. (I’m lucky enough to have seen the Branagh Hamlet at the RSC - I think he just pipped West in the Hamlet stakes…)
Comment by concertmaster — May 22, 2008 @ 12:48 pm
A (straight male) friend of mine sat opposite Johnny Depp on the New York City subway once, afterwards remarking, “The man is just too damn beautiful for words. It just isn’t FAIR!!!”
Comment by John — May 22, 2008 @ 2:43 pm
I have to say that I haven’t heard of half these people!
But I do think that James McAvoy is lovely
xx
Comment by SG — May 22, 2008 @ 9:01 pm
Oooh, I love numbers 3,5,8 and 10, but I’d have to have me a bit of David Tennant there too, sighhhh.
Comment by Jo Beaufoix — May 22, 2008 @ 11:14 pm
V. Delerme’s lips look highly kissable! He is sexy…
Depp isn’t my style, I’m more a Brad Pitt kind of guy.
Had fun browsing the pics to make your selection? ;-)
Comment by Zhu — May 23, 2008 @ 12:30 am
Mmm…Johnny Depp…
Jxx
Comment by Jane — May 23, 2008 @ 12:48 am
My wife and I once ran into Brad Pitt at Pere-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris — at Gertrude Stein’s grave, of all places.
My wife was rather disappointed to find out how short he is!
Comment by John — May 23, 2008 @ 7:10 pm
I think Sam West is lovely but he really looks like his dad. I agree with most of your choices but a big noooo to Jude Law :-)
Comment by sugar007 — May 23, 2008 @ 10:02 pm