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Lifelover16 · 20/12/2025 17:56

Yes, Oliver Reed was very handsome -.
very easy on the eye in Sons and Lovers. Not so much as a werewolf though

HeadyLamarr · 20/12/2025 17:55

PrincessHoneysuckle · 20/12/2025 14:10

Im talking about his looks not the fact he killed a woman ffs

I can't separate one from the other in Bill Sykes. He's a violent psychopath, which kind of overshadows the "quite handsome" part.

sorrynotathome · 20/12/2025 17:54

TellingBone · 20/12/2025 14:04

Hannibal Brooks. Yes to Oliver Reed sexy. Also had a bit of a pash for Michael J Pollard in that film. Now I think, what the hell was I seeing there? 😂

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Good Lord you're right! Where on earth did I get Jones from...

TheKeatingFive · 20/12/2025 17:51

Imdreamingofapeacefulxmas · 20/12/2025 17:39

I expect nancey also got a degree of general protection being bills girls of course the irony of him being dangerous to her also

Absolutely

I mentioned The Fall earlier and it's something that show played with quite explicitly. Imagine there's a guy who wants to kill you, but you find him attractive? There was a great scene where the Jamie Dornan character is on a train and a woman is flirting with him, then she recognises his likeness in a photo fit in a newspaper lying on seat. Absolutely chilling.

I remember my friend being quite creeped out by how attractive she found the main character.

soupyspoon · 20/12/2025 17:44

Oliver Reed was incredibly handsome, not my type due to the drinking and behaviour but no one can say he wasnt decent eye candy

Wasnt he related in some way to Alan Bates or some director he worked with?

Funnywonder · 20/12/2025 17:41

Thoughts in your head aren’t real. They’re just thoughts. People fantasise about all kinds of stuff they will never act on. This is the same. He is a fictional character played by an actor who, for some, only looks attractive in that particular role. It’s ridiculous to list his crimes when they are made up and he’s just a fantasy. Who knows what way the human brain works at its most basic level? You can’t help who you’re attracted to. For what it’s worth, I don’t find Oliver Reed attractive and I don’t find the character attractive, but I completely understand where the OP is coming from.

Imdreamingofapeacefulxmas · 20/12/2025 17:39

I expect nancey also got a degree of general protection being bills girls of course the irony of him being dangerous to her also

TheKeatingFive · 20/12/2025 17:21

Lovelyview · 20/12/2025 14:57

I'm not trying to be obtuse. I genuinely don't get it. Bill Sykes has no redeeming features whatsoever. What is attractive about him?

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People find very different things attractive, obviously. There are lots of examples of violent men with wives/girlfriends, it's not at all unusual.

Very high levels of testosterone and aggression can probably get translated into an expectation of high virility by the subconscious self. Back when we were hunter gatherers, it's easy to see the value in men who could be violent/aggressive in the face of threats. Not understanding this could be turned against them has always been something that some unlucky women live to regret.

Swallowdoubleandrunamile · 20/12/2025 17:04

RitaFromThePitCanteen · 20/12/2025 13:05

Oliver Reed was sexy, certainly.

In a similar vein: Rufus Sewell.

Rufus Sewell.... I saw him once, 25+ years ago. Dear God, he was beautiful. Breathtakingly, so.

Lovelyview · 20/12/2025 15:50

Funnywonder · 20/12/2025 15:17

I can’t help you then.

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Obviously not.

SwedishEdith · 20/12/2025 15:46

Just read Oliver Reed's Wikipedia entry. When he was on Desert Island Discs, "when asked what book and inanimate luxury item he would take with him on a desert island Reed chose Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne and an inflatable rubber woman.[46]" 🧐

Coffeeishot · 20/12/2025 15:35

PrincessHoneysuckle · 20/12/2025 13:00

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

I mean he "prostituted" Nancy and beats her up so no not really. I also don't get Oliver Reed he was a bullish alcoholic.

Sittingonthestairs · 20/12/2025 15:33

He’s no Tommy Shelby though 😬

CalzoneOnLegs · 20/12/2025 15:30

@TheKeatingFive just remembered Zach Efron (pre chin plant) played Ted Bundy too

piperatthegates · 20/12/2025 15:29

Oliver Reed was also super sexy in a horror film Curse of the Werewolf (before he turned into the werewolf obviously)

SeaAndStars · 20/12/2025 15:27

There are some really lovely photos of Oliver Reed playing with Bullseye.

CalzoneOnLegs · 20/12/2025 15:24

TheKeatingFive · 20/12/2025 13:07

Same kind of idea as having Jamie Dornan play a serial killer.

Indeed, or Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking, I’m sure OP means that Oliver Reed was attractive, which of course he was.

Funnywonder · 20/12/2025 15:17

Lovelyview · 20/12/2025 14:37

The op said she found Bill Sykes sexy. Which implied she fancied a murderous bully. I don't know how else you can read the question.

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I can’t help you then.

NuffSaidSam · 20/12/2025 15:02

Oliver Reed, maybe.

The character Bill Sykes, definitely not.

Lovelyview · 20/12/2025 14:57

TheKeatingFive · 20/12/2025 14:50

Its not that anyone would fancy him because he's a murderous bully. They would fanciy him in spite of that. It's not hard to understand, surely? Film/TV/books are full of examples. Our sexual instincts aren't generally rational.

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I'm not trying to be obtuse. I genuinely don't get it. Bill Sykes has no redeeming features whatsoever. What is attractive about him?

TheKeatingFive · 20/12/2025 14:50

Lovelyview · 20/12/2025 14:37

The op said she found Bill Sykes sexy. Which implied she fancied a murderous bully. I don't know how else you can read the question.

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Its not that anyone would fancy him because he's a murderous bully. They would fanciy him in spite of that. It's not hard to understand, surely? Film/TV/books are full of examples. Our sexual instincts aren't generally rational.

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PrincessHoneysuckle · 20/12/2025 14:39

Funnywonder · 20/12/2025 14:21

It happens on every thread. It gets derailed by the point whooshing over someone’s head. Now you’re a woman hater, even if you’re a woman yourself, because you fancy a fictional man who murdered a fictional woman in a fictional film. Internalised misogyny I say🤣🤣

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It's bizarre but amusing

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Lovelyview · 20/12/2025 14:37

Funnywonder · 20/12/2025 14:21

It happens on every thread. It gets derailed by the point whooshing over someone’s head. Now you’re a woman hater, even if you’re a woman yourself, because you fancy a fictional man who murdered a fictional woman in a fictional film. Internalised misogyny I say🤣🤣

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The op said she found Bill Sykes sexy. Which implied she fancied a murderous bully. I don't know how else you can read the question.

2031MummyTBC · 20/12/2025 14:22

Yanbu op. I love the book and film and think Hes hot im both🙈

Im not sure what that says about me, I usually like the old fashioned rogues in classic books etc.

Funnywonder · 20/12/2025 14:21

PrincessHoneysuckle · 20/12/2025 14:10

Im talking about his looks not the fact he killed a woman ffs

It happens on every thread. It gets derailed by the point whooshing over someone’s head. Now you’re a woman hater, even if you’re a woman yourself, because you fancy a fictional man who murdered a fictional woman in a fictional film. Internalised misogyny I say🤣🤣