Saturday 7 February 2009

Who?

Here's a piece from the RNA:
Romantic Novelists vote Richard Armitage Sexiest Thing On Two Legs.
British actor Richard Armitage has leapt from last year’s 4th place to this year topping the ratings in the Romantic Novelists’ Association 2009 Valentine’s poll, to take the title of Sexiest Thing on Two Legs, beating top Hollywood stars to the number one spot. Johnny Depp, who topped last year’s poll, was pushed firmly into second place, with Hugh Jackman and George Clooney mere also-rans. "Richard Armitage took 20% of the vote, more than double the count of any other male on the list,” said the RNA pollster. “He was a clear winner from the off.” The RNA is not alone in admiration of the actor, as numerous online Richard Armitage fan sites will testify. The ardency began with North and South, grew by leaps and bounds with the leather-clad baddie in Robin Hood, and shows no sign of diminishing as Spooks takes to the airwaves. ‘It’s a coup for Britain,’ said one starstruck writer, ‘not just for sexy Richard.’ According to romantic novelists, the sexiest male celebrities of 2009 are:
1 Richard Armitage
2 Johnny Depp
3 Hugh Jackman
4 George Clooney
5 Daniel Craig
6 Sean Bean
7 Alan Rickman
8 David Tennant
9 Pierce Brosnan
10 Gerard Butler
Who is number one? I have heard of most of them - 6 is over half, but how did I manage to miss something so exciting?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do not know how you missed #1 but you should remedy this ASAP. Run do not walk to your library, Amazon, Netflix, etc., whereever you can get North and South and be prepared. I warn you, you cannot watch just one episode.


Yellow Rose

Anonymous said...

Richard Armitage should be #1 on this list. No competition.

Be sure to get the miniseries based on the E. Gaskell of North and South, not the US Civil War miniseries.

Then try The Impressionists, the final two episodes of the Vicar of Dibley, Between the Sheets.

Most of the rest of these men belong on this list, but I never got the DT attraction since he always looks like a surprised owl to me.