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How has your childhood crush aged?

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Wannabefarmer · 15/07/2020 13:28

David Duchovny was my first crush 😍 I had posters of him and the X Files all over my bedroom. I've just started watching Aquarius on Netflix and oh my god, he's still gorgeous! I actually think he looks better, but that may be because I've aged 25 years as well and am no longer into men in their 20s!

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kerkyra · 15/07/2020 20:34

Sean Bean
Still has sex appeal !

AgentCooper · 15/07/2020 20:35

Leonardo Di Caprio. I probably still would, just for the hell of it.

yeOldeTrout · 15/07/2020 20:35

Given how much I've aged, too...
I'm not rocking the tache, but EE is still a pretty boy.

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Justmuddlingalong · 15/07/2020 20:51

This is the poster of Dolph Lundgren that graced my bedroom door. His is the only Rocky film I've ever watched. He's 62 now and the teenage me would find him far from perfect. But...the middle aged me would still jump his bones, if invited to. #never give up

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DarkDarkNight · 15/07/2020 20:56

My first childhood crush was River Phoenix 😢

I also loved Leonardo DiCaprio specifically in The Basketball Diaries. I don’t think he aged particularly well, except in the Great Gatsby where he was gorgeous.

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DarkDarkNight · 15/07/2020 21:02

Also Brand from The Goonies in his shorts over joggers outfit. Josh Brolin has aged well I think.

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FourTeaFallOut · 15/07/2020 21:05

Oh, Dolph Lundgren - even when he was the bad guy in Universal Soldier with a necklace made of ears - he was still hot! And I agree, he looks mighty good for his age.

greenestolives · 15/07/2020 21:06

You lot have just reminded me of David Essex and I have now come over all unnecessary.

sassafras123 · 15/07/2020 21:11

Yep Oliver Tobias was my major high school crush in Luke's Kingdom and Smuggler. Still looks good.

Frangipaniflower · 15/07/2020 21:11

@IndieTara I was just going to write his name when I saw your post... sigh...Grin

TeetotalKoala · 15/07/2020 21:13

'come over all unnecessary' is amazing. I belly laughed at that.

MorvaanReed · 15/07/2020 21:15

Judd Nelson, still alright in my book. Though these days I yearn more for a cup of tea and a companionable silence than his passionate embraces.

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stophuggingme · 15/07/2020 21:15

@VenusClapTrap

Morten Harket. I still would.
You’ll have to form an orderly queue behind me 😂😍
stophuggingme · 15/07/2020 21:18

@greenestolives

You lot have just reminded me of David Essex and I have now come over all unnecessary.
This phrase reminds me of the divine LizaTarbuck.
Sparticle · 15/07/2020 21:19

Keifer Sutherland here too for me. I had a HUGE Lost Boys poster in my bedroom. He’s definitely aged well I think. swoon

Sparticle · 15/07/2020 21:20

*Kiefer obviously.

burnoutbabe · 15/07/2020 21:21

Dexter fletcher who has aged from when he was spike in press gang but at least has done very well for himself directing wise.

FancyPants20 · 15/07/2020 21:24

Johnny Depp in 21 Jump Street was a major one of mine. I watched that video today with him and AH apologizing to Australia and it made me feel a bit sick. Wouldn't touch him with a bargepole now.

TerrifiedandWorried · 15/07/2020 21:26

Rupert Graves. Beyond gorgeous in A Room With a View and still hot as Lestrade in Sherlock.

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weegiemum · 15/07/2020 21:29

Mine was Harrison Ford - when I saw the Empire Strikes Back in 1980!

Morten Harket and Pierce Brisbane came later.

I've always (almost) had great taste in men. Dh is still gorgeous at 50, but my first boyfriend ended up gay, which put me off men for a bit!

LER83 · 15/07/2020 21:30

Mine was Brad Renfro - he died about 12 years ago, think he was 25. I also loved Edward Furlong but he has not aged well at all!! Was a massive Hanson fan, glad to see they still look good!

fizzybootlace · 15/07/2020 21:38

Marti Pellow and Jordan Knight - both still looking very fine!!

Tinamou · 15/07/2020 21:42

Johnny Depp here too. Oh dear.

And my non-celeb first crush is completely bald now!

ChristmasCarcass · 15/07/2020 21:42

Brett Anderson seems to be slowly turning into Bryan Ferry. It’s not a terrible look, but definitely not as hot and androgynous as he was in 1994 or whenever Animal Nitrate came out.

He used to look like he would have unimaginably depraved sex with you (unimaginable to a fourteen year old, anyway), and now he looks like he would probably send flowers round. Not quite the same.

fizzybootlace · 15/07/2020 21:43

And just checked out Andrew McCarthy, he looks great!!