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Celebs who are attractive in one role but not others

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LlamaParma · 20/12/2021 21:02

Watched the Princess Bride with Cary Elwes for the first time today - HOLY SMOKES!!! He is gorgeous in it! I’ve never ever once found him the least bit attractive in anything else he’s been in but crikey I almost swooned when he came on screen with his floppy blonde hair and Zorro outfit 🤤

Who else is only ever attractive in one role?

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RonniePickering · 20/12/2021 21:02

Russell Crowe in Gladiator.

MrsTimRiggins · 20/12/2021 21:03

Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby.

ArblemarzipanTFruitcake · 20/12/2021 21:04

Viggo Mortensen - only attractive in LOTR. Completely overlookable with short hair and normal clothes.

MrsTimRiggins · 20/12/2021 21:04

(Also I am quite jealous you got the joy of watching the princess bride for the first time today. Fabulous film, one of my all time favourites!)

Figgygal · 20/12/2021 21:05

@ArblemarzipanTFruitcake

Viggo Mortensen - only attractive in LOTR. Completely overlookable with short hair and normal clothes.
Was coming to say this too
MeatyRvita · 20/12/2021 21:05

James masters as spike (I know he is problematic in later seasons - 6 I think? But teenage me can’t help how I feel!)

JennyForeigner · 20/12/2021 21:06

David Tennant in Jessica Jones and no, this is not healthy at all.

UserBot · 20/12/2021 21:06

@MrsTimRiggins

Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby.
I thought he was gorgeous but I'm a few episodes in to peaky blinders and it's good but I"ve gone off him. I do realise he's acting! I think i realise this 🤔
LetHimHaveIt · 20/12/2021 21:06

Well, I never fancied Barry Keoghan in 'Dunkirk' or 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' but I've not long ago watched 'The Eternals' and he's taken me to a very real place as a woman 🤢😂 Doesn't hurt that he's pretty much the only good thing about the film. Jolie's not bad.

There are more, but I'll have to think on't.

Alfixn · 20/12/2021 21:06

Jamie Dornan looks good in everything EXCEPT fifty shades.
It's the stubble - essential

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LlamaParma · 20/12/2021 21:07

@MrsTimRiggins

(Also I am quite jealous you got the joy of watching the princess bride for the first time today. Fabulous film, one of my all time favourites!)
I LOVED it, as did the kids. Might have a second crack tonight with a glass of gin and rewind the “as you wish” parts over and over 🤪
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Guttedbuyer · 20/12/2021 21:08

Penn Badgely (is that his name?)

HOT AF in gossip girl but creepy creepy in You.

MrsTerryPratchett · 20/12/2021 21:09

The Witcher. According to online, we should invent a phrase like 'cleans up well' for this phenomenon. 'Dirties down well' possibly.

I can't stand Henry Cavill in anything else.

Sturmundcalm · 20/12/2021 21:10

Ben Affleck in The Accountant - no idea why an autistic accountant assassin is attractive to me but... to be fair he looks ok in a few of his other films (The Town?) but i don't generally find him attractive

ProcrastinationIsMySuperPower · 20/12/2021 21:10

@Alfixn

Jamie Dornan looks good in everything EXCEPT fifty shades. It's the stubble - essential
Totally agree!
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LlamaParma · 20/12/2021 21:10

Thought of another though other May not agree with me - Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow. Every other non-weird role - Gilbert Grape, The Tourist, Finding Neverland etc - he was weird at worst, feminine at best but as Jack Sparrow he’s somehow VERY manly and sexy!

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MrsTimRiggins · 20/12/2021 21:11

@UserBot 😂

I LOVED it, as did the kids. Might have a second crack tonight with a glass of gin and rewind the “as you wish” parts over and over
Oh you must. He’s a delight… and blonde floppy haired zorro types aren’t generally my thing either Grin

LetHimHaveIt · 20/12/2021 21:11

@Sturmundcalm

Ben Affleck in The Accountant - no idea why an autistic accountant assassin is attractive to me but... to be fair he looks ok in a few of his other films (The Town?) but i don't generally find him attractive
He is quite attractive in that, actually. Why is that? Weird.
Appuskidu · 20/12/2021 21:11

Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn in LOTR.
Sam Heughan as Jamie in Outlander

MissAmbrosia · 20/12/2021 21:12

Aiden Turner I only really fancy when he is Ross Poldark. He's a fine looking man but strangely only Captain Ross cuts the mustard. I don't even understand why.

MrsTerryPratchett · 20/12/2021 21:13

@MissAmbrosia

Aiden Turner I only really fancy when he is Ross Poldark. He's a fine looking man but strangely only Captain Ross cuts the mustard. I don't even understand why.
He's insanely gorgeous in Queer as Folk.
Palavah · 20/12/2021 21:15

@MrsTerryPratchett

The Witcher. According to online, we should invent a phrase like 'cleans up well' for this phenomenon. 'Dirties down well' possibly.

I can't stand Henry Cavill in anything else.

Im the opposite!

OP, have you seen Cary Elwes in Lady Jane?

ScrambledSmegs · 20/12/2021 21:15

Tom Cruise in Interview with the Vampire
James Marsters in Buffy
Stephen Moyer in True Blood

Yes I know there's a theme Blush

RJnomore1 · 20/12/2021 21:15

Benedict cumberbatch

Hot AF as khan in star trek. Just weird in anything else 🤷🏻‍♀️

3luckystars · 20/12/2021 21:15

4 in Divergent was also Mr Pamuk in Downton Abbey.
In Divergent he was fit and GORGEOUS, in Downton Abbey he was skinny and creepy.