# Celeb attractions you can't explain **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736 "2002-05-25T01:18:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736/61 "2002-05-30T12:49:42Z")
Not only do I second the votes for H ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736/62 "2002-05-30T12:52:19Z")
Grrrr. As I was saying before I rudely interrupted myself, not only do I second the vote for Helen Hunt… but every time I see Leelee Sobieski on screen, I stare… it’s not an attraction, exactly. It’s just the stunned disbelief ay how much she looks like Helen Hunt. She could be Hunt’s daughter. She could be Hunt’s Boba Fett clone, actually. Anyway: Helen Hunt. Wow. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736/63 "2002-05-30T12:54:49Z")
Dana Delaney. I don’t care what piece of crap she’s in–I’ll even sit through the execrable _Exit to Eden_ or _Live Nude Girls_. I’d watch her read the phone book. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736/64 "2002-05-30T13:53:25Z")
Tim Roth Tim Curry Christopher Walken Greg Germann (Richard Fish from Ally McBeal) ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736/65 "2002-05-30T14:02:59Z")
I also want to add the Christopher Walken is damn sexy dancing around in the Weapon of Choice video. Wooo! S-e-x-y! ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736/66 "2002-05-30T15:32:49Z")
I never was attracted to David Duchovny, and then I had _the dream_ about him. Wow! Now I just think he’s a total fox! [sub]Ha ha-was that a pun?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736/67 "2002-05-30T17:26:03Z")
Ooh. Christopher Walken’s got quite the fan club. I’ve had the biggest crush on him since early high school, when my friends got together to make me an “Old Men Apply Within” sign for my room. I’ve sat through hours and hours of horrible movies just to watch him brighten every scene. My favourites are Nick of Time and Suicide Kings, especially when he smiles. Siiiiiigh. Oh, and I’ll second that Tim Roth vote. There’s a movie where he’s a prisoner and he does the prison dentist on the floor of some grimy bathroom- holy je-bus! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736/68 "2002-05-31T03:19:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dirty Earthworm \* > **Barney definitely did better than Fred, didn’t he? 😉** Yeah. He’s the one who should be saying “Yabba dabba doo!” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736/69 "2002-05-31T03:38:20Z")
\*\*Billy Bob Thorton \*\* I don’t know what it is, but he has it. \*\*Ryan Stiles \*\* The quick humor. \*\*Mick Jagger \*\* He is definately better looking now older, than younger. \*\*Robert Downey Jr. \*\* Those soulful eyes. The bad boy thing. \*\*David Ducovney \*\* From what I’ve read about him, he seems really nice and down to earth. \*\*Tim Curry \*\* Most under-used villian on screen today. \*\*John Lithgow \*\* \*\*Scott Glenn \*\* His smile. Dear lord, that smile. \*\*Tommy Lee Jones \*\* Tommy, if you are reading this, I have adored you and that smile of yours since \* Nate and Hayes \*. \*\*Shepard Smith \* Fox News. Two words: Yow SA! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736/70 "2002-05-31T03:42:35Z")
\*\*William Macy \*\* And some journalist for a CBC show called \*The National \* who is of indian (dot, not feathers) decent with a first name of Ian. He is hot, hot, hot. \*\*Gary Sinise \*\* His voice and flinty-eyed look. \*\*Jerry Orbach \*\* I just love him to pieces. ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736/71 "2002-05-31T05:52:34Z")
Every time I read this thread, I’m reminded of another. **Molly Ringwald** Had the hots for her for as long as I can remember, but rather than being a “Celeb attraction (I) can’t explain,” I know _exactly_ what it is about her. Red hair. Oh yes, the red hair. (cute face and everything else, too, but the redhead thing is the killer.) -Dirty ---
**Author:** ![Melon\_Farmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Melon\_Farmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melon_Farmer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736/72 "2002-06-01T09:25:27Z")
I guess mine’s Kelly MacDonald, the girl from Gosford Park and Trainspotting. Not really my type, but… yow. My favorite though is a friend of mine has a mad crush on Wallace Shawn. HUGE crush. ---
**Author:** ![Granuaile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecccb3/32.png) [@Granuaile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Granuaile)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736/73 "2002-06-01T10:50:15Z")
Ahem… **Christopher Walken** **John Malkovich** **Jeremy Irons** … _swoon_ the **Steven Fry/Hugh Laurie** combo and my particular favourites: **Robert Carlyle** - Trainspotting,The Full Monty **John Lynch** - In the Name of the Father, Some Mothers Son I think they’re HOT! However, everyone I know thinks I’m mad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celeb-attractions-you-cant-explain/110736.md?page=3)