Hot characters played by not-hot actors

Lucy Liu on Ally McBeal. Lucy’s not bad looking, but not stunning. But her character was smokin’ hot.

Trivial point about Adams Family Values: the role ultimately played by Joan Cusack was written for Kathleen Turner. When Turner dropped out of the project, there was some talk of casting Sharon Stone before Cusack got the part.

I think she looked like an older, heavier version of the hot hot hot hot chick from The Wall.

+1

::swoon::

And free Vicodin?!

Henry Winkler is an ordinary-looking fellow, but the girls wouldn’t leave The Fonz alone.

Pistols at dawn, Sir (Madam?). I would never describe Ms. Barkin as “pretty”, but in The Big Easy, she was smokin’ hot.

Word.

She is storing nuts for the winter.

I’ve been watching reruns of Sex in the City, and the episode-by-episode love interest guys are just an endless parade of mutants. Dorky, schlubby, awkward, funny-looking, etc.

I’d let her…

…never mind.

One of the guys (the one who used the toilet with the door open) wasn’t so much ugly as the missing link. I couldn’t for the life of me work out what it was that was supposed to attract Miranda to him. The fact that he left the door open whilst taking a shit was simply the final nail in a very big coffin.

Actor - Gale Harold, character - Brian Kinney.

Part of his allure on the show was his “I don’t give a bleep” personality. But I dunno, I’ve seen every episode, always thought he was pretty smokin’. Didn’t have the crazy hot body like Ben or anything, but I’d still turn my head at him.

:slight_smile: Psst… how you doin?

Speaking of “how you doin?”, what about Matt LeBlanc? Even before he got fat, I don’t see the appeal. Yet Joey was always talking about how good looking he was.

As an aside, being good looking is not directly correllated with getting with good looking partners. Especially for guys. Guys with witty personalities can do alright despite being a little less than Adonis.

Mae West.
Marc

Hugh Laurie AND House are hot. House played BY Hugh Laurie is the parlay of hot. I will give him MY Vicodin.

I need help! I can swear there’s been at least one movie where Frances McDormand was presented as hot. To the point that I was amazed when I saw it was she in the role. I have looked through her IMDB pictures and whatever role it was wasn’t in that batch of shots.

She’s among my favorite actresses for somebody who can carry almost any role, and whose skills exceed those of most actors working today. But hot: not. On her best day in makeup and hairdo and maybe some other disguise materials, she’s no better than okay.

So what movie was it where she passed for hot?

I thought she came off as believably alluring in The Man Who Wasn’t There, especially the scene where she’s in the bath and Billy Bob shaves her legs. I may be biased, though, since I like her looks anyhow. There’s definitely something about the way she carries herself throughout that movie, though- great posture and a haughtiness that shows that the character thinks she’s all that, so I believe it.

linky

She was pretty in Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, and smokin’ hot in the recent Ocean’s 13.

Sam Raimi’s Darkman, playing opposite a then-unknown Liam Neeson.