I didn’t want to hijack this thread about *House. *But I am the first person to agree that Hugh Laurie is smokin’ hot. In fact it’s the primary reason why I watch the show.
But he’s only hot from the neck up. In the rare glimpses we’ve had of the rest of him, it’s obvious he doesn’t have the lean, tight body his head deserves. He is soft. And this is why they don’t let us see very much of him. If he had the kind of body we imagine, he’d be shirtless (and more) in each episode.
Not that I’m complaining much; his head is still worth watching, for it’s amazing hotness.
And no, I will not provide a link to his soft body. I don’t want to see it, reminding me that we live in an imperfect universe.
Personally I don’t think Hugh Laurie is “hot” because of his looks. Sure, he’s cute, at least he was as George in Black Adder and as himself in the various sketches of A Bit of Fry and Laurie. And as House, he’s got a face that’s fallen into deep crevices of bitterness, which is attractive to some of us. Of course, no matter whom he portrays, he has those phenomenal blue eyes. But hot? I don’t think his looks really do it for that many.
I think he’s hot as House because House is a blisteringly smart and funny guy who saves lives and plays the piano and numerous instruments, and perhaps most of all, because he pushes those “must fix the tragically flawed, self-loathing, bitter, wounded anti-hero” buttons for those of us who like that sorta thing. I suspect that Anglophiles are gonna find House dishy even though HL doesn’t use his accent – we know it’s lurking just beneath the surface. Like his better instincts, perhaps we hope we can be the ones to draw it out of him.
This has little to do with his build or his handsomeness. It’s just … Hugh Laurie As House, and that’s enough.
But there are those of us who consider Hugh Laurie hot, regardless of his role as House, or any other role he plays. The man is hot. But only from the neck up.
When a man has it going on from the neck up, he can almost have any kind of body and still be sexy to me. Combine that with the whole House persona and I’m hooked. He’s a complex, bitter, genius who has a glimmer of a heart----I’m sold!
In fact, if he was all buff I don’t think I’d like him at all. That doesn’t do it for me.
Check out the reactions on televisionwithoutpity.com every time House has a scene in which his sleeves are rolled up. Forearm porn. Laurie has some seriously good forearms.
I’m not joking – the guy was an Olympic-level rower. And he boxes.
Yes, I have to admit I like his forearms (Hey, I’ll take whatever I can get from that man). But by all rights he should have a very lean, tight body, without too much muscle mass. But what he does have is softness.
Yup. Before he made his name as an embittered but brilliant doctor in the US, he had a glittering career in England dating back to the early 80’s playing amiable halfwits, often opposite Stephen Fry: check out Jeeves and Wooster or their brilliant sketch show A Bit Of Fry And Laurie sometimes. Or Stuart Little.
Wow. It’s perfectly obvious now that y’all have pointed it out, but I never would have put it together if you hadn’t. I haven’t seen any Black Adder episodes in a few years, and the George character is nearly perfectly the anti-House.
I have him up there for two reasons: one, because of the aforementioned interesting looks and startling blue eyes. But more for two: I remember him as Bertie Wooster and Prince George and his wackiness in A Bit of Fry and Laurie. Now he’s faking an American accent and stopped regularly shaving and women are swooning over him. It’s a reminder to never take myself too seriously.
