# People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2003 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337 "2003-11-20T18:40:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/1 "2003-11-20T18:40:59Z")
IS - Johnny Depp. Others were George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Ashton Kutcher, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell, Denzel Washington, Justin Timberlake, Lenny Kravitz. Does anyone else agree with this? Johnny Depp - Yuck, Brad Pitt -Yuck, Ashton Kutcher - Yuck, Colin Farrell - Yuck, Justin Timberlake - Yuck. Russell Crowe - Yeah, Hugh Jackman - Yeah, George Clooney - Yeah, Denzel Washington - Yeah. Hugh Grant - OK, Lenny Kravitz - OK. I don’t think I have ever agreed on People’s Sexiest Man Alive - EVER. Who do you think is the Sexiest Man Alive? My pick is Russell Crowe. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/2 "2003-11-20T18:58:21Z")
Damn, I really thought I had a chance this year. Oh Well. And even I think Johnny Depp is hot. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/3 "2003-11-20T19:06:23Z")
Russell Crowe? Eeeeeeeeewwwww. You can have him and his monster size head. I agree with you on the others. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/4 "2003-11-20T19:12:39Z")
I guess the editors of People weren’t impressed by me sending them naked pictures of myself for 34 consecutive weeks. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/5 "2003-11-20T19:29:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Who do you think is the Sexiest Man Alive? James Marsters, without question. Though I think Johnny Depp is a close second. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/6 "2003-11-20T19:33:13Z")
I agreed with them when they chose Pierce Brosnan. Because he _is_the sexiest man alive, and I don’t think that is likely to change as long as he remains alive. **Spoiler** , standing on the street drooling at the giant Pierce Brosnan billboard selling watches. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/7 "2003-11-20T19:40:28Z")
I think it’s awfully hard to be sexy when you look like you haven’t bathed in a week, therefore, Johnny Depp is pretty far from sexy. I don’t see the appeal of the dirty boy contingent – Colin Farrell, Ethan Hawke, the whole lot of the scruffy types. Blech. One day, people (and _People_) will awaken to the glory which is Colin Firth. Of course, he’ll probably be Sean Connery’s age when they do. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/8 "2003-11-20T19:43:27Z")
Depp I can understand. He seemed pretty intriguing during a recent interview. Colin Farrell’s nice enough looking but he strikes me as a jerk and to consider Hugh Grant and Justin Timberlake is IMHO positively laughable. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/9 "2003-11-20T19:57:55Z")
Johnny Depp is all kinds of yum! I’ve seen Lenny Kravitz IRL (in the audience and lobby at a UCLA Live! performance) and he just oozes sexy out of every pore. Having seen the real thing up close and personal, I can tell you that there’s no 2-dimensional picture that could ever do him justice. George Clooney is nice-looking, but he’s so yesterday’s news. Hugh Grant makes me want to puke. A lying cheater can never be sexy IMNSHO, no matter what he looks like. Sadly, since learning Denzel is also a cheating scum, I have a hard time finding him sexy anymore, either. Ashton Kutcher is just plain gross. I have no clue what his sex appeal is. The rest are all attractive men with an obvious sex appeal, so I can’t disagree with those choices. But the one you left off the list who is currently #2 (my husband is, and always will be, #1) on my swoon-o-meter is the adorable [Clay Aiken](http://www.clayaiken.com). That boy has practically turned this 40-something woman into a fangirly girl. [::thud::](http://www.clayphotos.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=toprated&cat=0&pos=63) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/10 "2003-11-20T20:02:46Z")
**Kyan**!!! ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/11 "2003-11-20T20:06:12Z")
How could I have forgotten about Pierce Brosnan (007) and James Marsters (Spike)? I think, I was looking at the guys on this years list and not thinking about anyone else. I also hate it when the Scruffy, IMO Uncute guys make the list also. I am just glad Clay Aiken or John Mayer. And I like Russell Crowe, it is my opinion that out of this years list he is the Sexiest and has always been. I like him the best. ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/12 "2003-11-20T20:11:04Z")
Posted before I was finished I am glad Clay Aiken or John Mayer didn’t make the list. And I agree with Kyan, he is really handsome, grown mean are not cute, they are handsome. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/13 "2003-11-20T20:15:00Z")
I will go with Viggo Mortensen on this one. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/14 "2003-11-20T20:16:58Z")
I agree with Johnny Depp and Collin Farrell. If I were a groupie slut who stalked celebrities, they’d both be on my to-do list. The rest… eh. The only one that truely annoyed me by being on the list, though, was Hugh Grant. He’s one of my least favorite “actors” ever. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/15 "2003-11-20T20:17:41Z")
Johnny Depp-ugh. George Clooney, yes. But it should have been Goran Visnjic-and he wasn’t even nominated. For shame! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/16 "2003-11-20T20:20:21Z")
Alan Rickman, I remain your most love-struck fan! Call me! ---
**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/17 "2003-11-20T20:25:15Z")
I’m with TeaElle: Colin Firth ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/18 "2003-11-20T20:29:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Intaglio \* > > I am glad Clay Aiken or John Mayer didn’t make the list. Sorry to disappoint you, but in spite of the fact that the OPer left them off _their_ list in the OP, Clay Aiken most certainly did make the list of [People’s Sexiest Men](http://pub227.ezboard.com/fthatstheclayfrm9.showMessage?topicID=2671.topic). ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/19 "2003-11-20T20:38:29Z")
Have they ever named NBC anchor [John Seigenthaler](http://www.msnbc.com/news/453843.asp)? He’s smart _and_ he’s hot. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337/20 "2003-11-20T20:40:41Z")
Oh, and NBC’s [Brian Williams](http://www.msnbc.com/onair/bios/brian_williams.asp?0si=-), too . . . NBC has to be the hottest news network . . . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-for-2003/214337.md?page=2)