Separated At Birth?

Hee Hee... We were watching Iron Man at the weekend, and Viki & I both have a thing for Robert Downey Jr - well, Viki DID have a thing for him... until this film and the fact he seems to be morphing into Al Pacino (who I have a thing for, which disgusts Viki, who seems to be under the misimpression that he's old and wrinkly)...

Al Pacino (swoon):


Robert Downey Jr (swoon):

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Not just talented, but gorgeous, magnetic, alluring, mad, bad, and dangerous to know... which makes him incredibly sexy....

Nick Cave...

I mean, just look at the way he snarls as he sings (check out the videos below)... you wouldn't say "No" to that, would you?

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Heh, bet you thought I'd reached the end of my list at last, hadn't you? Well, I will admit they're getting harder to think of now, but there are still one or two visions of loveliness secreted up my sleeve (oh, if only that were literally true! Sigh...).

Tonight's is a much-maligned and scoffed at individual... In fact, I believe he has been cruelly referred to as "The Ugliest Man In Rock"... I give you (begrudgingly... I'd rather keep him to myself), Chad Kroeger from Nickelback...

And it gives me a chance to post the video of "How You Remind Me" from Nickelback...

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One I'd forgotten about until I watched the film "Ghost Rider" at the weekend (which is brilliant, btw) - Nicholas Cage...

I think I've worked out what it is about most of the guys in this feature (not what you're thinking, you dirty lot!) - it's their eyes... most of them have very distinctive eyes...

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Another of the one-role wonders... the geography teacher who wears the jacket with the suede patches on the elbows, who scrubs up well for one role.

This time, Viggo Mortensen... who looked fantastic as Aragorn in the "Lord Of The Rings" films...

And then I saw what he normally looks like, and I nearly cried - he's more like Gollum!

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Today & tomorrow I'm going for the "Eeek - he doesn't really look like THAT, does he?" line... a couple of actors I've been introduced to in one particular role and thought "Ooo... he's a bit of okay", and then I've seen them out of character and thought "Dear god, he looks like an old school teacher I had!" (and, trust me, we didn't have sexy school teachers!).

First up, Toby Stephens, who I saw playing Rochester in the BBC adaptation of "Jane Eyre", and there he was - all brooding good looks and tortured soul...

And here he is how he is normally.... and he's well, POSH looking - a bit like Hugh Grant... He really does look like a frightfully posh boarding school teacher!

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One of the few blondes that makes the list - actor Dennis Leary...

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3 Neck Nibblers, inspired by my choice of viewing on Saturday night...

Down at my brother's, I started watching "Lara Croft: Cradle Of Life" (or whatever it was called... the second one, anyway) and the gorgeous (and Scottish again!) Gerard Butler was in it again. So that set me on the mind to dig out "Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2001" again, in which he plays Drac... so that's what I was watching (from behind a cushion) late on Saturday night!

Here he is... although in Dracula he had longer hair...

That reminded me of the fact that when "The Lost Boys" first came out, I did have a crush on Kiefer Sutherland (I even was prepared to overlook the dodgy blonde mullet he had for the role), inspiring the phrase that came from my lips - "He could bite my neck anytime he likes!". I have to admit, though, that infatuation faded a bit... until "24" and Jack Bauer was born!

But, back to "The Lost Boys", and I've got to admit, I preferred Jason Patric...

But, don't worry Kiefer, you're back to my number one now, coz I don't fancy Jason Patric anymore... well, number two - I'm afraid Dracula beats you by a neck (groan!)

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The only man who could get me interested in football... or small French cars...

Thierry Henry...

Va-Va-Voom, indeed!

Let's see... Arsenal? (I'm ashamed to say I'm not even exactly sure what team he plays for... never mind what position!)

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Two today, in a vague attempt to condense the number of days that this feature could run yet!

Actor Jack Davenport... played Miles in "This Life", Steve in the brilliant BBC2 comedy series "Coupling", and more recently appeared in the "Pirates Of The Caribbean" films...

He was also mooted for the role of James Bond - which finally went to this man, Daniel Craig...

I HATE James Bond with a passion, but I'd almost make an exception to watch him in those trunks!

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I'm slightly ashamed I'm not coming to the end of this list yet... God, I'm such a whore! :-D

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal... Didn't fully understand "Donnie Darko" (did anyone?) but maybe that's coz I was slightly distracted by Jake!

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Another one that I'm all wrong for - Jake Shears from Scissor Sisters! (lol)

It took a long time to find the right photo to post as well... mainly coz I was trying to find one that he was actually wearing some clothes in! He's not shy, and with a bod like his, why would he need to be!?

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Tonight's specimen is about as high as you can go... God himself - or as we know him better, Bono from U2...

I couldn't find the picture I really wanted, which dates from around the time of "The Joshua Tree" as well... and that's one of him in that leather waistcoat (no shirt underneath) and that hat - both of which looked like he'd worn them day and night for about 3 months! Corrrrrr! Oh, and the accent.... Sigh....

And this post is where I make probably my most cringe-worthy confession from my younger days - in the days when me and my friends would play "houses" or whatever scenario we were playing, my (always invisible, because there were never any boys to play) boyfriend was always called... you guessed it... Bono! (See, I told you it was cringe-making... you should see how scarlet my face is!).

Anyone got any embarrassing confessions to make me feel better? Please?

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A new one now - Gerard Way, lead singer of My Chemical Romance (how un-rockstar a name is "Gerard" though?)...

But not as a blonde...

I had a horrid moment there when I was looking for pictures, because I caught a glimpse of something saying about him being 18, and suddenly I felt like a dirty old woman... but then I checked Wikipedia, and he's 30 (whew!), so it's okay to lust after him!

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Bassist from Duran Duran, John Taylor... probably my first crush...

And, 20+ years later, I still would...

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Another couple of actors...

Jonny Lee Miller (the ex-Mr Angelina Jolie, of course)...

And Robert Carlyle... another one that it's the accent...

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A couple whose appeal has waned slightly as I've got older (or possibly as THEY'VE got older?)...

Kevin Bacon... maybe this is just an unflattering picture I've chosen...

James Spader... when he looked like this, he was gorgeous... but he's still not bad looking in "Boston Legal"...

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Scottish comedian, actor, screen-writer, director, and now (I discover with some shock) the host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS in America, Craig Ferguson...

I've had a look at his bio on some sites, but none of them list what I'm sure is the first thing I remember seeing him on, which was a series of programmes loosely themed around the seven deadly sins. I could be imagining this, but I think it would have been early 90's, and I remember thinking even then that he was gorgeous.

So, all you Americans who rate him as "HOT" now - Paws off, coz I saw him first!

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Hmm... on reflection, perhaps not the best picture I could have found, but I was in a hurry...

David Tennant...

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I love the Channel 4 comedy "Green Wing" - and not just for these 2!

Julian Rhind-Tutt, strawberry blonde (Okay, who said "Ginger"? He is NOT ginger!) vision of gorgeousness...

And Steven Mangan, poodle-haired ditto...