# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/221 "2013-07-08T18:15:31Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > 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.) And believe me she is ALL woman. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/222 "2013-07-08T18:30:09Z")
Um, she’s not a rabbit. [http://labyrinthine-queen.deviantart.com/art/Jessica-Rabbit-188754684](http://labyrinthine-queen.deviantart.com/art/Jessica-Rabbit-188754684) ---
**Author:** ![Shooby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Shooby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shooby)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/223 "2013-07-08T18:32:44Z")
Christina Hendricks as [Saffron in Firefly](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3161/2624353918_15cd350972.jpg). The character just oozes sexual seduction, and I also like that they de-emphasized Christina’s massive breasts (which are actually a turn-off for me). Famke Janssen as [Xenia Onatopp in Goldeneye](http://www.loadedhotties.com/images/pictures/1340L.jpg). Guess I dig the femme fatales 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PotatoPeeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@PotatoPeeler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PotatoPeeler)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/224 "2013-07-08T18:39:46Z")
> [@Shooby](#): > > Christina Hendricks as [Saffron in Firefly](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3161/2624353918_15cd350972.jpg). The character just oozes sexual seduction, and I also like that they de-emphasized Christina’s massive breasts (which are actually a turn-off for me). Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/225 "2013-07-08T21:05:38Z")
I know it was mentioned before, but having just watched it again over the weekend, Salma Hayek in **From Dusk til Dawn** , at least when she isn’t all demon-y, certainly fits the bill for me. ---
**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, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/226 "2013-07-08T22:07:41Z")
Having just watched the first season of “Newsroom,” I’ll just have to add Olivia Munn as Sloane, even though the entire concept of that character is a ridiculous cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/227 "2013-07-08T22:27:26Z")
I’m having trouble thinking of any examples of women who I’m usually meh about but then there’s a role that is yowza. Not that there aren’t any, I just can’t think of any. Most of the hot women mentioned in this thread (at least the ones I like) it isn’t any particular role that delivers, I’d eat them up in all their roles. I suppose an inverse of that is Jessica Alba. She’s spectacular, but I don’t care for her blonde. Something doesn’t look right. But yeah, sexy nation. > [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Rosario Dawson, Victoria Pratt and Jennnifer Sky [were ALL smokin’ hot](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn114/hot_daily/201010-xenahercules/Cleo2525-1.jpg) in the late lamented Cleopatra 2525 TV series. I have no idea why that show didn’t succeed long term, they must have had to douse the set regularly to keep those three from setting it on fire. Yes, Gina Torres, not Rosario Dawson, but they were hot city. However, why the show didn’t succeed long term: (1) it was a unique creation not fitting any standard niche, where that station came out with a couple of 30 minute comedic adventure shows. They were in theme and style like Hercules and Xena, but only 30 minutes long. That didn’t bode well for the storytelling, which necessarily condensced down. None of those shows survived the experiment.\* (2) It was cheesy as hell. With cheese sauce and a side of fried cheese sticks. * * * - Another of the shows starred Bruce Campbell, about an early 19th century spy doing James Bondian derring do. I think there were 4 shows IIRC, though I’m having trouble remembering the details. Cleopatra 2525 is the most memorable, for reasons shown above. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/228 "2013-07-08T22:33:47Z")
> [@Shooby](#): > > Christina Hendricks as [Saffron in Firefly](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3161/2624353918_15cd350972.jpg). The character just oozes sexual seduction, and I also like that they de-emphasized Christina’s massive breasts (which are actually a turn-off for me). Not that there’s anything wrong with that. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/229 "2013-07-09T00:17:58Z")
[Jack of All Trades](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220906/?ref_=sr_1) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/230 "2013-07-09T00:27:02Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > [Jack of All Trades](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220906/?ref_=sr_1) [photo](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41yvhQfTA7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg) ---
**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:** [July 9, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/231 "2013-07-09T01:18:25Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Yes, Gina Torres, not Rosario Dawson, but they were hot city. However, why the show didn’t succeed long term: (1) it was a unique creation not fitting any standard niche, where that station came out with a couple of 30 minute comedic adventure shows. They were in theme and style like Hercules and Xena, but only 30 minutes long. That didn’t bode well for the storytelling, which necessarily condensced down. None of those shows survived the experiment.\* (2) It was cheesy as hell. With cheese sauce and a side of fried cheese sticks. > > * * * > > - Another of the shows starred Bruce Campbell, about an early 19th century spy doing James Bondian derring do. I think there were 4 shows IIRC, though I’m having trouble remembering the details. Cleopatra 2525 is the most memorable, for reasons shown above. Good point. Shows like this need to take a regular light action show and then add in enough material for a sitcom. You can do that successfully in a sixty minute format but there’s not enough time in a thirty minute show. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/232 "2013-07-09T01:19:47Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > [photo](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41yvhQfTA7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg) Are my eyes playing tricks on me or does that look like they were photoshopped together into that pic? ---
**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:** [July 9, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/233 "2013-07-09T01:25:10Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > I suppose an inverse of that is Jessica Alba. She’s spectacular, but I don’t care for her blonde. Something doesn’t look right. But yeah, sexy nation. The surprise for me was watching her in _An Invisible Sign_. She didn’t go full ugly but she definitely deglamorized herself for the part. And she also showed she can act. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/234 "2013-07-09T02:36:20Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The surprise for me was watching her in _An Invisible Sign_. She didn’t go full ugly but she definitely deglamorized herself for the part. And she also showed she can act. Alba has always struck me as somewhat cranky about her looks. She loves acting and takes it seriously, but she’s young and gorgeous, so almost no one gives a damn if she can act. I read an interview (I think for “Into the Blue”) where someone went on about her looks and she snapped “Oh, who gives a shit?” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/235 "2013-07-09T02:36:38Z")
Charlize Theron is amazing everywhere, but most as the literal goddess in I Am Legend… Then there is Kate Beckinsale in Underworld and Total Recall. I’ll let them fight it out for top spot, in mud, within sight of my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/236 "2013-07-09T02:40:58Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > Charlize Theron is amazing everywhere, but most as the literal goddess in I Am Legend… You mean _Hancock_? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/237 "2013-07-09T03:05:06Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Are my eyes playing tricks on me or does that look like they were photoshopped together into that pic? maybe. I didn’t do it. Looks like a green screened background to me. I have a PS plug in for that ---
**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:** [July 9, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/238 "2013-07-09T03:06:37Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > Charlize Theron is amazing everywhere, but most as the literal goddess in I Am Legend… Then there is Kate Beckinsale in Underworld and Total Recall. I’ll let them fight it out for top spot, in mud, within sight of my bunk. No, Charlize Theron in _2 Days in the Valley_ ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/239 "2013-07-09T06:45:24Z")
> [@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 think she was her very hottest in “The Gopher” that weird, yet not awful Mel Gibson Jodie Foster thing. She plays Anton Yelchin’s High School crush, and does it very well. Very well. It was a weird movie, no doubt. That’s why you don’t have a ton of people referencing it, few people saw it relatively. Since she may well be one of our new leading ladies, someone go see this and provide input. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/240 "2013-07-09T07:20:19Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > I think she was her very hottest in “The Gopher” that weird, yet not awful Mel Gibson Jodie Foster thing. nitpick: “The Beaver” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324.md?page=13)