# In what film did you first notice & love your favorite movie actor or actress? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-film-did-you-first-notice-love-your-favorite-movie-actor-or-actress/651371 "2013-02-25T20:12:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-film-did-you-first-notice-love-your-favorite-movie-actor-or-actress/651371/61 "2013-03-01T21:53:39Z")
Ellen Page - Smart People. Average movie, but she was amazing. Chloe Moretz - Amityville Horror remake. Shined in Let Me In and of course Kick Ass. Eric Bana - Black Hawk Down. Was great in Troy and generally underrated IMO. Salma Hayek - Snake Dance… nuff said. Jennifer Connolly - Dark City. Sam Rockwell - Galaxy Quest. Was also great in Moon. Michale Biehn - Aliens and Abyss. Always liked that guy. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-film-did-you-first-notice-love-your-favorite-movie-actor-or-actress/651371/62 "2013-03-02T04:44:47Z")
Another vote for **Natalie Portman** in _The Professional_ (I was dumbfounded at how gorgeous she was/is). She’s still generally my pick for prettiest girl in the world. **Jennifer Connelly** in _Labyrinth_. **Jennifer Jason Leigh** in _Fast Time at Ridgemont High_. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-film-did-you-first-notice-love-your-favorite-movie-actor-or-actress/651371/63 "2013-03-02T05:14:18Z")
I think I first saw Paul Newman (swoon!) when I was in junior high school, in **Cool Hand Luke**. I was more impressed by the egg-eating contest and the tag line (“What we have here is a FAILURE to communicate!”) than by Newman. By the time I was in high school, I was full of raging female hormones when I saw **Exodus** on TV. Life has never been the same, since. In my college dorm room, I had a black and white poster of Paul, with just the blue eyes colored in. Those dreamy blue eyes are closed forever now, but I still drink Paul Newman’s coffee and enjoy his salad dressing on my tossed greens. _sigh_ ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-film-did-you-first-notice-love-your-favorite-movie-actor-or-actress/651371/64 "2013-03-02T07:18:40Z")
Ooooooooooh, Jennifer Connolly in _The Rocketeer_ … dressed in those V-neck cashmere sweaters … phwroooooooooar! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Pacific420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Pacific420](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pacific420)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-film-did-you-first-notice-love-your-favorite-movie-actor-or-actress/651371/65 "2013-03-02T07:46:36Z")
Dick Van Dyke; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Marilyn Chambers; Insatiable ---
**Author:** ![timothydaltonfans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@timothydaltonfans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timothydaltonfans)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-film-did-you-first-notice-love-your-favorite-movie-actor-or-actress/651371/66 "2013-05-26T09:02:01Z")
Timothy Dalton in “Scarlett”. Love him! ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-film-did-you-first-notice-love-your-favorite-movie-actor-or-actress/651371/67 "2013-05-26T09:24:33Z")
Isabella Rossalini - Cousins Mary Stuart Masterson - Some Kind of Wonderful ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-film-did-you-first-notice-love-your-favorite-movie-actor-or-actress/651371/68 "2013-05-26T12:00:06Z")
Yves Montand, in On A Clear Day You Can See Forever? Him singing from the top of the (then) Pan Am building in NYC. Uma Thurman in Henry and June. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-film-did-you-first-notice-love-your-favorite-movie-actor-or-actress/651371/69 "2013-05-28T20:40:43Z")
I first fell in love with Hugh Jackman after seeing him on stage in Boy from Oz. What a great song-and-dance man!! I avoided seeing any of the X-Men movies, wanting to keep my image of Hugh as a song-and-dance man. But I finally broke down this weekend, watching X-Men 4 (Wolverine) and 1. Holy Mother of God. Jackman owns that role. Nobody better ever play Wolverine again!! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-film-did-you-first-notice-love-your-favorite-movie-actor-or-actress/651371/70 "2013-05-28T20:53:14Z")
I remember watching _Sophie’s Choice_ and thinking the guy playing Nathan was doing a great job. It was Kevin Kline’s first movie role. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-film-did-you-first-notice-love-your-favorite-movie-actor-or-actress/651371/71 "2013-05-28T23:44:41Z")
Juliane Moore- Boogie Nights ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-film-did-you-first-notice-love-your-favorite-movie-actor-or-actress/651371/72 "2013-05-29T00:46:49Z")
In Beetlejuice, when she turned around in a chair all of a sudden and there she was, SHE about blew me away-“Who is THAT?!?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-film-did-you-first-notice-love-your-favorite-movie-actor-or-actress/651371.md?page=3)