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To think young Kevin Costner is NOT a weird crush!

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Cassiopeialark · 31/12/2024 21:05

Making the DC watch Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. Made the mistake of telling them that I had a crush on Kevin Costner when it came out. Tween DD is absolutely aghast and relentlessly mocking me.
I said to DH that it’s refreshing to see a leading man with uneven, slightly yellow teeth and bad hair!
AIBU to think that Kevin Costner was HOT back in the day?!

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LushLemonTart · 01/01/2025 10:49

Brefugee · 01/01/2025 10:36

Is anyone else sad that they can't watch No Way Out again because it is just not the same a 2nd time?

It's been so long since I've seen it I've forgotten a lot. Might watch tomorrow as picking ds1 up today from a party. Don't fancy watching it with him. He's an adult but I don't like watching sex scenes with dcs in the room. He's probably back at work tomorrow and back home?

LushLemonTart · 01/01/2025 10:47

Moglet4 · 01/01/2025 09:09

Well, I mean, when watching RH it would have to be Alan Rickman for me but there’s nothing wrong with a Costner crush!

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Brefugee · 01/01/2025 10:36

Is anyone else sad that they can't watch No Way Out again because it is just not the same a 2nd time?

Moglet4 · 01/01/2025 09:09

Cassiopeialark · 31/12/2024 21:05

Making the DC watch Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. Made the mistake of telling them that I had a crush on Kevin Costner when it came out. Tween DD is absolutely aghast and relentlessly mocking me.
I said to DH that it’s refreshing to see a leading man with uneven, slightly yellow teeth and bad hair!
AIBU to think that Kevin Costner was HOT back in the day?!

Well, I mean, when watching RH it would have to be Alan Rickman for me but there’s nothing wrong with a Costner crush!

Jolietta · 01/01/2025 09:07

He was handsome in Fandango which was circa mid 80s but he has always had quite a mature look about him.

ReformMyArse · 01/01/2025 08:25

Unlike some of the pretty boys he’s aged well.

Ladylangstrand · 01/01/2025 08:07

DollopOfFun · 01/01/2025 00:28

Yes he fits in that old young guy group. Like Harrison Ford. Okay he looked young in Star Wars, but then became Hot Dad in everything else. Hubba hubba.

Harrison Ford was gorgeous, he hit his absolute peak in The Temple of Doom but was still lovely for decades after.

ladygindiva · 01/01/2025 01:42

EatTheBastard · 01/01/2025 00:49

my Kevin crush has lasted right from when I saw The Untouchables - he was and is bloody gorgeous

Outshone by the gorgeous Andy Garcia in that one, in my opinion.

blueshoes · 01/01/2025 01:28

So, I don't think it's remotely weird that lots of women find Kevin Costner (whatever his age) with his lovely kind eyes attractive.

@RayWinstone Mr Costner does have kind eyes. I never thought of it that way.❤

Annabella92 · 01/01/2025 01:27

He's an absolute babe

RegulatorsMountUp · 01/01/2025 01:27

He's still hot in yellowstone now!!

MerryChristmasYaFilthyAnimals · 01/01/2025 01:26

Oh my days. I had endless fantasies about him back in the day. Also loved Bruce Willis and Christian slater.
May have to have rewatch of PoTs tomorrow and convince DD11 to watch it with me.

Pamelaaaaarrr · 01/01/2025 01:25

John Dutton. Yes please.

XWKD · 01/01/2025 01:23

I fancied him enough to go and see Waterworld in the cinema. That was so awful I never thought of him again. 🤣

RayWinstone · 01/01/2025 01:23

Slight derail, but I genuinely don't think there's such a thing as a weird crush, especially for women... The ones that we think are weird (see Louis Theroux etc for example) just aren't. Pretty much everyone I know fancies Louis Theroux, and they all think they're a bit weird for it. But they're not... Because they're on very good (and bountiful) company.

I think we tend to believe we should ascribe to an idealised male type (see: Tom Hardy, Brad Pitt etc) but, actually, we all absolutely veer from that frequently. I, for example, seem to value apparent intelligence and kindness in my celeb crushes.

So, I don't think it's remotely weird that lots of women find Kevin Costner (whatever his age) with his lovely kind eyes attractive.

blueshoes · 01/01/2025 01:08

He has aged really well.

blueshoes · 01/01/2025 01:07

First post nails it. So hot in No Way Out.

LushLemonTart · 01/01/2025 01:05

itsstillmehere · 01/01/2025 00:54

I like him old 🥰

They're easier to catch 😉

itsstillmehere · 01/01/2025 00:54

I like him old 🥰

ZaphodandMimi · 01/01/2025 00:52

What about the film with Madeline Stowe - Revenge? He was the bees knees in that as well.
Love him.

EatTheBastard · 01/01/2025 00:49

my Kevin crush has lasted right from when I saw The Untouchables - he was and is bloody gorgeous

To think young Kevin Costner is NOT a weird crush!
RedHelenB · 01/01/2025 00:48

He's got the sort of capable in a crisis attractiveness about him, definitely not a pretty boy.

youngestisapsycho · 01/01/2025 00:40

TulipTuesday · 31/12/2024 23:59

I went to see Robin Hood prince of thieves with my older, cooler cousin and her friends. They were all lusting after Christian Slater. I kept my love for Kevin Costner to myself.

I was 16… went to cinemas 3 times to see it… and loved ‘Everything I do’ song!

Budgiegirlbob · 01/01/2025 00:36

YANBU at all ! I thought he was the most gorgeous man I’d ever seen when I was a teenager- I had a huge Bull Durham poster on my wall. I was never into ‘pretty boys’

DarkForces · 01/01/2025 00:35

There's a lot weirder crushes from that era. Prince of Thieves was iconic at the time