Bill Sykes was sexy

PrincessHoneysuckle · 2025-12-20T13:00:28+00:00

Wasn't he? Oliver Reed 1968. Just watching Oliver! and I think i would

TempestTost · 21/12/2025 12:10

Sidebeforeself · 20/12/2025 22:26

I usually fancy vampires but I wouldnt fancy someone in real life who did that.

Gary Oldman as Dracula - massively sexy. Also however a bad bet as a boyfriend.

Now Gary Oldman is also quite a sexy man, but not at all in the way Dracula was in that film.

HerNeighbourTotoro · 21/12/2025 11:54

MrsSkylerWhite · 20/12/2025 13:06

Um, the character is fictitious …

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Well eyah but OP specifically mentioned the said character. And lots of people sadly fancy serial killers, and otherwise violent characters in films/tv and find them really attractive.

Catpiece · 21/12/2025 11:12

It’s Sikes, not Sykes

TellingBone · 21/12/2025 09:57

I got a similar vibe [to Oliver Reed as Sykes] from Ken Hutchison's portrayal of Heathcliff in the BBC 1978 version of Wuthering Heights. Unlike many versions of the tale, this production, while clunky by today's standards, is very true to the book and Heathcliff is monstrous but SEXY.

It's currently on iPlayer.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p00tj84r/wuthering-heights

Sometimeswinning · 21/12/2025 08:18

MrsSkylerWhite · 21/12/2025 00:38

Daryl was never a racist red neck. Merv, yes, Daryl, no. That was the juxtaposition with the two of them.

Watching from the beginning you would have considered him racist because of his treatment towards Glenn. It was only as the episodes progressed you realised who he really was.

Hence my comment. When he was considered…

MrsSkylerWhite · 21/12/2025 00:38

Daryl was never a racist red neck. Merv, yes, Daryl, no. That was the juxtaposition with the two of them.

Sometimeswinning · 21/12/2025 00:17

I liked Daryl in Walking dead. Even when he was considered a racist redneck. It’s the dirty, unkempt look i assume. Tom Hardy in Peaky Blinders. Perfect to me!

Mistyglade · 21/12/2025 00:10

Flutters indeed.

HRTQueen · 21/12/2025 00:07

I think Oliver Reed was attractive what ever part he played

a bit like Marilyn Monroe looked good in anything even a potato sack

HRTQueen · 21/12/2025 00:04

Oliver Reed was so attractive always had an edge to him

he should have played Heathcliff the part almost seems written for him right looks, swagger and that danger about him so hot but so wrong

2031MummyTBC · 20/12/2025 23:45

HeadyLamarr · 20/12/2025 22:16

But she didn't ask 'was Oliver Reed sexy as all hell in that film?l'

She asked 'was Bill Sykes sexy as all hell?' And he wasn't. He was a scary, violent man.

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who cares though, it’s a character??

Sidebeforeself · 20/12/2025 22:26

I usually fancy vampires but I wouldnt fancy someone in real life who did that.

Sidebeforeself · 20/12/2025 22:25

HeadyLamarr · 20/12/2025 22:16

But she didn't ask 'was Oliver Reed sexy as all hell in that film?l'

She asked 'was Bill Sykes sexy as all hell?' And he wasn't. He was a scary, violent man.

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And she found him sexy. And thats okay because she knows he’s not real.

HeadyLamarr · 20/12/2025 22:16

Sidebeforeself · 20/12/2025 21:14

Okay …but that doesn’t mean others are wrong for seeing a fictional character as just that ..fictional.So OPs comments are in that light , not a reflection of how she feels about abusers in general.

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But she didn't ask 'was Oliver Reed sexy as all hell in that film?l'

She asked 'was Bill Sykes sexy as all hell?' And he wasn't. He was a scary, violent man.

Pedallleur · 20/12/2025 21:18

Can imagine he was a nightmare to live with. Probably v.funny and charming at the start of the night but once on a bender or roistering with Keith Moon or Richard Harris you would be in a taxi home and told don't wait up and that would be it for a couple of days

NuffSaidSam · 20/12/2025 21:17

Jc2001 · 20/12/2025 20:38

It's the same person. If you're basing it purely on looks then they are one and the same.

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I'm not sure this is entirely true. Lots of people would find Charlize Theron attractive, but not in character as Aileen Wuornos, for example.

Also, I'm happy to be corrected, but I don't think the OP specified that we were only allowed to consider his looks. In fact, I think by saying the character name it's quite the opposite. Otherwise she would have just said Oliver Reed. I think she meant Oliver Reed as Bill Sykes was sexy. I have to say, not for me. He's grubby as Bill Sykes and that's not a look I'm into.

Sidebeforeself · 20/12/2025 21:14

MirrorMirror1247 · 20/12/2025 21:02

You can always cover one til he blacks the other one, but you don't dare cry!

I hope someone gets this reference! I'm not saying anyone should put up with getting a black eye!

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I get you completely.

Sidebeforeself · 20/12/2025 21:14

HeadyLamarr · 20/12/2025 20:51

When I engage with films, TV, novels or audio plays, the characters are real for the duration of the production. That's the point of watching/listening/reading.

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Okay …but that doesn’t mean others are wrong for seeing a fictional character as just that ..fictional.So OPs comments are in that light , not a reflection of how she feels about abusers in general.

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 20/12/2025 21:09

Oliver Reed was so handsome , a great sense of humour and a really good actor . I can see why you like him and find him sexy.

Pedallleur · 20/12/2025 21:06

Thedownwardspiralpath · 20/12/2025 20:48

Oh no ! He looks like he smells really really bad. 🤢

You know he would never wash his hands and if he did would wipe them on his trousers. Those expensive kerchiefs were to be sold not to be used as snotrags

MirrorMirror1247 · 20/12/2025 21:02

Upstartled · 20/12/2025 13:03

Oliver Reed was incredibly handsome and his voice was amazing. Not worth a black eye though.

You can always cover one til he blacks the other one, but you don't dare cry!

I hope someone gets this reference! I'm not saying anyone should put up with getting a black eye!

Pedallleur · 20/12/2025 21:01

Victorian London. So I imagine everyone who was poor smelled bad and they are near the river that is probably full of sewage. They probably all slept in what they were wearing. Unlike Mr Brownlows house with its clean linens, fresh chamber pot/indoor plumbing and maid service!

PineappleAndGrapefruitLilt · 20/12/2025 20:58

Thedownwardspiralpath · 20/12/2025 20:48

Oh no ! He looks like he smells really really bad. 🤢

Doesn't he just! Although must say I admired Nancy's dress which had its own ventilation system (ripped at the armpits)

HeadyLamarr · 20/12/2025 20:51

Sidebeforeself · 20/12/2025 20:46

But he’s NOT REAL!!!

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When I engage with films, TV, novels or audio plays, the characters are real for the duration of the production. That's the point of watching/listening/reading.

Thedownwardspiralpath · 20/12/2025 20:48

Oh no ! He looks like he smells really really bad. 🤢