# Most attractive movie character **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660 "2011-11-02T18:24:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/21 "2011-11-02T20:16:48Z")
> [@carlotta](#): > > Funny about the OP, I usually think Scarlett Johansson is pretty darn attractive, but I couldn’t believe how well she was hiding it in _Lost in Translation_. Guess you missed the opening credits. She wasn’t hiding much. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/22 "2011-11-02T20:20:17Z")
Oh, I forgot I could pick males, too. Let’s see, I loved Jude law’s Watson. Everything about him attracts me - his clothing, his attitude, his demeanor, everything. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/23 "2011-11-02T20:34:38Z")
Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow) in Shakespeare in Love. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/24 "2011-11-02T20:48:29Z")
Peter O’Toole in almost anything, but most **enthusiastically** in _Lawrence of Arabia_. A close second: Yul Brynner in _The King and I_. Finally, Orlando Bloom as Legolas. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/25 "2011-11-02T20:50:35Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > Peter O’Toole in almost anything, but most **enthusiastically** in _Lawrence of Arabia_. Oh, yes. I watched that movie strictly to see smoldering looks pass between him and Omar Sharif. Plot? What plot? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/26 "2011-11-02T20:56:38Z")
> [@](#): > > I love a man who sings and dances. When will Hugh Jackman make a musical dammit? (a movie I mean, I can’t be affording Broadway tickets). you’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/27 "2011-11-02T21:07:02Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Imagine hanging out with **Audrey Hepburn’s Princess Anna in Roman Holiday**. Sigh… I’d rather hang out with [Holly Golightly](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3r6sJNDbb0w/TGFIQEQGWAI/AAAAAAAAGEg/ZgJEg_qBfTw/s1600/BreakfastatTiffanys.jpg), thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/28 "2011-11-02T21:10:34Z")
People forget these days just how insanely, ridiculously, thought-rattlingly hot Salma Hayek was in **Desperado**. More recently, staring at the woman the whole time and barely following the movie at all: the woman who played Geroge Clooney’s Italian prostitute girlfriend in **The American**. Violente Placido. Holy crap. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/29 "2011-11-02T21:17:24Z")
Sara McDowel (played by Victoria Tennant) in _L.A. Story_; smart enough to get all the jokes, and see through them at the same time. Took a bit too much effort to win her over in the end, though. > [@tdn](#): > > Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow) in Shakespeare in Love. She had the potential to surpass that in _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow_, but played the character all wrong. ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/30 "2011-11-02T21:22:11Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow) in Shakespeare in Love. This is a good example. I’ve never been really drawn to Paltrow, in real life or in other roles, but man, she is amazing in this role. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/31 "2011-11-02T21:22:28Z")
I know it’s not a movie, but I had an incredible crush on Angela Chase in “My So-Called Life”. I’ve seen Claire Danes in dozens of other roles, and never had the same reaction to her. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/32 "2011-11-02T22:02:44Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > …More recently, staring at the woman the whole time and barely following the movie at all: the woman who played Geroge Clooney’s Italian prostitute girlfriend in **The American**. Violente Placido. Holy crap. I’ll see your Violante Placido, and raise you a Monica Bellucci (Persephone) in _The Matrix Reloaded_: [http://content9.flixster.com/question/17/54/08/1754087\_std.jpg](http://content9.flixster.com/question/17/54/08/1754087_std.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/33 "2011-11-02T22:30:30Z")
For me it was Halle Berry in the 1992 Eddie Murphy movie, “Boomarang”. My Gawd was she ever gorgeous in that. Not that she’s exactly hideous now either, of course. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/34 "2011-11-02T22:33:34Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > People forget these days just how insanely, ridiculously, thought-rattlingly hot Salma Hayek was in **Desperado**. She was pretty hot in **From Dusk Till Dawn** too but then she turned into a vampire and my interest flagged. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Made\_French\_Toast\_For\_You](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@I\_Made\_French\_Toast\_For\_You](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Made_French_Toast_For_You)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/35 "2011-11-02T23:03:04Z")
It doesn’t get much better than [Marlon Brando](http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Brando,%20Marlon/Annex/NRFPT/Annex%20-%20Brando,%20Marlon%20%28A%20Streetcar%20Named%20Desire%29_NRFPT_02.jpg) in _A Streetcar Named Desire_. ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/36 "2011-11-02T23:07:05Z")
Zooey Deschanel from 500 days of summer and the Gretschen character from Donnie Darko, would make lovely company for a fortnight in a hotelroom. ---
**Author:** ![Pocito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@Pocito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pocito)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/37 "2011-11-02T23:08:44Z")
Orlando Bloom as Legolas. Every other movie I’ve seen him in, he does absolutely nothing for me. Val Kilmer in Oliver Stone’s _The Doors_. Yum yum. ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/38 "2011-11-02T23:24:54Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > Grace Kelly in Rear Window. Her entrance is amazing. The first to come to mind for me when I saw the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/39 "2011-11-02T23:33:10Z")
Sigourney Weaver in _Alien_. Or in _Ghostbusters_ or _Aliens_. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660/40 "2011-11-02T23:44:19Z")
Zooey as Trillian in _Hitchhiker’s Guide_. 2 posts about my favorite actress in 1 minute-woot! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-movie-character/601660.md?page=3)