man candy monday
While I could start this post by explaining rugby to you Americans, I know we’ve had a bit of a dry spell around here when it comes to man candy, so I think I’ll let just let this gallery of rugby players speak for themselves. Yep, thick-thighed, stubbly, sweaty rugby players. Come to think of it, it doesn’t seem like they really need to speak at all, do they?
Whether you love it or hate it (and you should love it), American Psycho is the first movie in which I can recall seeing Justin Theroux. I was reminded of him again this weekend when I watched him in Wanderlust with his soon-to-be wife. He’s one of only a few men I’ve seen who can pull off the dirty hippie look and still manage to be attractive.
He also manages to get away with creepy, slicked-back vampire hair without looking, well, super creepy. I have even found it in my heart to forgive him for occasionally dressing like a goofy hipster. Although he may be planning his wedding to Jennifer Aniston, I see no reason that the rest of us shouldn’t enjoy him a little while longer.
Liev Schreiber. He acts. He writes and directs. Sometimes he dresses up as broccoli and fights Kevin Bacon to raise money for autism. And the man can wear a beard like all get-out. You might know Liev as Cotton Weary from the Scream series or Sabretooth in the underrated Wolverine movie, but he pops up all over the map, from narrating PBS documentaries to playing legendary hockey enforcer Ross Rhea. He also adapted for screen and directed the fantastic Everything Is Illuminated and won a Best Actor Tony on Broadway in Glengarry Glen Ross.
Liev’s unusual choices in work projects was inspired by his eccentric childhood, which included a kidnapping, living on an Ashram and in a cold-water flat in New York City, and being banned from eating meat and watching color movies. In 1999, John Lahr wrote for the New Yorker “To a large extent, Schreiber’s professional shape-shifting and his uncanny instinct for isolating the frightened, frail, goofy parts of his characters are a result of being forced to adapt to his mother’s eccentricities. It’s both his grief and his gift.” And did I mention that beard?
Tis the season…for watching Love Actually (at least once a week). If you’ve seen Love Actually, then you’re already familiar with the undeniably delectable Rodrigo Santoro. If you haven’t seen Love Actually, well, that’s a lecture that I’ll save for some other post.
This 37-year-old half-Italian, half-Brazilian babe magnet cut his teeth in Brazilian telenovelas in the early ’90s before moving on to major roles in Brazilian cinema productions. Some of you might remember seeing him make his American cinema debut when he hit the beach as Randy Emmers in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle or you might remember him as Paulo on the TV series Lost. He was slightly less recognizable as a gold-clad Xerxes in 300.
Admittedly, I don’t know what kind of political relationship exists between the Italians and the Brazilians these days, but I would say that Rodrigo Santoro’s visage is evidence enough to support ongoing close cultural relations between the two countries. Check out his pics and try to avoid drooling on your keyboard.
Gallery readers, for today’s Man Candy Monday, I give you the swaggering oddball of sexy that is Norman Reedus. Reedus first gained a cult following with 1999′s The Boondock Saints. A smattering of roles followed throughout the early 2000′s, but it was Reedus’s scene-stealing portrayal of the unwashed but dead sexy Daryl Dixon on The Walking Dead that catapulted him into the public eye. Tight-lipped, competent, gritty, and with – we suspect – a warm, gooey center, Norman’s Daryl has become the unlikely hero-slash-heart-throb of the series.
What you might not know is that, prior to becoming the zombie-ending redneck the ladies love to love, Norman’s unconventional looks landed him modeling jobs with Prada, Alessandro Dell’Acqua, and Lexus. He has also appeared in multiple music videos over the years, plus has a titanium eye-socket from a car accident in 2005, which basically makes him a cyborg. Enjoy!
I found myself thinking that the Gallery could use a few more classy posts. Then I thought, “What’s could be classier than good looking classic movie actors in fedoras?” If fedoras don’t bring a little elegance and swank to the joint, I don’t know what will. Luckily, there is no shortage of pictures of handsome actors in hats floating around on the internet.
Whether it’s Marlon Brando making a missionary swoon in Guys and Dolls or Paul Newman planning and scheming in The Sting, there’s just something about a man in a fedora that captures my attention. It certainly doesn’t hurt to have Cary Grant’s incredible jawline or Gene Kelly’s stellar smile peeking out from under the brim.
I’m glad to see a resurgence in Hollywood of today’s actors donning chic chapeaus from time to time. Anyway, I’ll just leave these here for your viewing pleasure. I need to go see a man about a hat…
