# Your "instant boner" actors/actresses in character **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324 "2013-07-01T06:59:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/201 "2013-07-07T03:31:12Z")
Maggie Chung and Joey Wong in Tsui Hark’s film _Green Snake_. They play a pair of snakes who become human women, and holy _fuck_ are they hot! Joey has the edge if I have to pick one. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/202 "2013-07-07T03:36:42Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > No-one mentions Halle Berry in _Race the Sun_? I bought a copy of that movie because of her. [sub]And the fact that much of it takes place in Australia.[/sub] Excellent call! ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/203 "2013-07-07T11:37:08Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Wait, nobody’s mentioned [Gabrielle](http://i52.servimg.com/u/f52/12/32/00/31/ausxip10.jpg) from _Xena: Warrior Princess_ yet? She’s mesmerising! Was Renee O’Connor hot? Sure, especially later in the series when she was in serious physical shape. Was Gabrielle? Not so much - the early seasons were basically her getting them into life-threatening situations, watching Xena fight for both their lives, then bitching about Xena using violence to solve problems. ---
**Author:** ![hiebram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5fc32e/32.png) [@hiebram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hiebram)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/204 "2013-07-07T11:49:38Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Sarah Walker, as played by Yvonne Strahovski, on **Chuck**. That’s my answer, too. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/205 "2013-07-07T12:14:23Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Was Gabrielle? Not so much I do not share your opinion. At least, I didn’t at the time of watching, when I was in my mid-20s. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/206 "2013-07-07T13:58:51Z")
My husband and I both think that Jennifer Lawrence in **Silver Linings Playbook** is sexy as hell. She’s just ok in other stuff. Chris Hemsworth in **Thor** does it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/207 "2013-07-07T14:12:39Z")
> [@Archergal](#): > > My husband and I both think that Jennifer Lawrence in **Silver Linings Playbook** is sexy as hell. She’s just ok in other stuff. [I would respectfully disagree.](http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=VCjzsYNNIwsG3M:&imgrefurl=http://chimplife.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/jennifer-lawrence-impressive-and-beautiful/&docid=XIJh2YEWJTyYcM&imgurl=http://chimplife.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/jennifer-lawrence-7.jpg&w=1114&h=1600&ei=HnfZUbTtBsa60QXFz4GYBQ&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:3,s:0,i:100&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=173&tbnw=113&start=0&ndsp=14&tx=71&ty=45&biw=1366&bih=621) ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/208 "2013-07-07T14:39:48Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I do not share your opinion. At least, I didn’t at the time of watching, when I was in my mid-20s. Following the theme of the thread - what was attractive to you about the character? ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/209 "2013-07-07T14:49:20Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > [Oh, yeah](http://www.fempop.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Xena-Warrior-Princess-2x16-For-Him-The-Bell-Tolls.avi.Still006.jpg), she was [blazing hot](http://www.yourprops.com/movieprops/original/yp_4fd59713de42f5.88485602/Xena-Warrior-Princess-Screen-Used-Aphrodite-Statues-5.jpg). Whenever she was [featured in an episode](http://images.wikia.com/hercxena/images/archive/f/f9/20091207204823!Aphrodite.jpg) I got really… excited. > > From the same show and not as curvy as Aphrodite but still stunningly beautiful was [Hudson Leick](http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4069/4355700134_1cf5941f90_z.jpg?zz=1) as the [villainess Callisto](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxav1uZ3Me1qb1ylpo1_500.jpg). > > And, of course, [Lucy Lawless as Xena herself](http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/31800000/Xena-Warrior-Princess-female-ass-kickers-31863415-979-1200.jpg) induced many a trouser tent back in the day. > > Basically, I got blue balls watching that show. :(☹ Then, there were The Men of Xena. Karl Urban was quite striking as [Julius Caesar](http://xena.softassteel.com/characters/A-C/caesar.jpg), Xena’s one-time lover & nemesis. He also [appeared as Cupid](http://sagralisse.mediawood.net/urban/xena/ce_29.jpg), revealing a gift for comedy and other attributes. His later success has not surprised me… Kevin Smith’s [Ares](http://www.xenaville.com/kev.jpg) was sex on legs. Alas, his early death ended a promising career. I already liked Bruce Campbell as Brisco County Jr. But his [Autolycus, King of Thieves,](http://www.xenaville.com/kev.jpg) had less earnestness & more rakish charm. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/210 "2013-07-07T19:07:48Z")
> [@Musky\_Moon](#): > > For me it starts and ends with Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper from Torchwood. I fell hard for her, in all her gap-toothed Welsh glory. > > Runner-up: Eve Myles as Merill in Dragon Age 2, in her stammering, flakey glory. > > Just give me Eve Myles…on a plate. Present for you. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2r86QUmn49g/hqdefault.jpg "Eve Myles Dancing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r86QUmn49g) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/211 "2013-07-07T19:30:23Z")
[Meg Tilly in The Big Chill](http://community.flixster.com/photos/meg-tilly-the-big-chill-meg-tilly-in-the-big-chill-12461637) Omgomgomg always loved her look in this film. Did I mention omg ? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/212 "2013-07-07T20:01:14Z")
An actress who didn’t used to be an Instant Boner but who turned into one when she got older and put on a few pounds is Julia Stiles. I thought she was fantastic as the smart, determined, [rail-thin older sister](http://imagesheep.com/t1983/10thingsih.jpg) in “10 Things I Hate About You,” but it was her skills as an actress that were fantastic, not her appearance. Then I saw her starring in “Blue” a TV series about a middle class housewife who was an extort, and it was instant boner time. The very slight extra weight [made her face look more carnal, more animalistic,](http://www.lairofluxlucre.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/JuliaStiles_big.jpg) and she still had the great acting chops with the fiery intelligence concealed within a face that you might not be surprised to see working a cash register at Walmart. Turned me on, I’m not sure why. You can watch [whole episodes of Blue](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2191148/) through the IMDB, I discovered. Handy! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/213 "2013-07-07T20:28:26Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > I already liked Bruce Campbell as Brisco County Jr. But his [Autolycus, King of Thieves,](http://www.xenaville.com/kev.jpg) had less earnestness & more rakish charm. My wife has informed me that his character from _Burn Notice_, Sam Axe, is off-the-charts sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/214 "2013-07-07T23:24:50Z")
> [@eulalia](#): > > Present for you. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r86QUmn49g](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r86QUmn49g) You have, in your own small way, made my life exponentially better. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/215 "2013-07-08T00:38:19Z")
Chris Evans as Captain America. Outside the role, he doesn’t seem quite as attractive. Must be the blonde, fuller hair he sports for it. (And in-character, he is at his most attractive when he’s got some bangs in his face rather than brushed back.) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/216 "2013-07-08T00:44:17Z")
Jessica Rabbit. . . . . . . . what? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/217 "2013-07-08T01:04:46Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Following the theme of the thread - what was attractive to you about the character? She was spunky and cute and funny. Whereas Xena was serious and dark and a bit melodramatic. Later Joxer was just annoying (but funny). Of the trio, Gabrielle appealed to me a lot. I gave up watching sometime in Season 3 or 4 I think, returning for only the occasional episode. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/218 "2013-07-08T17:55:30Z")
> [@tracer](#): > > Jessica Rabbit. > > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > > what? [“I’m not bad. I’m just drawn that way”.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeOkgg9S-DY)😃 ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/219 "2013-07-08T17:58:13Z")
> [@tracer](#): > > Jessica Rabbit. > > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > > what? I don’t get this. I always see someone post this in threads like this. Why? Is it a joke, or are people actually turned on by a rabbit with curves? As a joke, it is so played and lame. If its not, it’s disturbing and tells me more about the poster than I care to know. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/220 "2013-07-08T18:09:36Z")
FYI, Jessica Rabbit is a “Rabbit” by marriage only. In terms of biological species, she’s all woman. (The joke being made is that she’s not portrayed by an actress. She’s drawn.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324.md?page=12)