Sunday, February 13, 2011

Louis Garrel

Louis Garrel was born June 14th 1983 in Paris. He is best known for his roles in The Dreamers,  Dans Paris (Inside Paris) and Les Chansons De A'Mour (Love Songs.) He has been acting since he was 6 years old.
He first showcased his wonderful singing voice in Christophe Honore's Les Chansons D'Amour. 
He is currently dating the older sister of the first lady of France, which suggests a significant amount of game. 

In 2008 i saw Les Chansons D'Amour and fell in love with Louis Garrel in all his brooding Frenchness. 
Reasons that he is so great. 

-Look at his hair! 

It's Gorgeous! All the time! I have never seen his hair cut or styled in a way that wasn't incredibly appealing. isn't that fantastic? Let's explore his hair and other features more closely. 

-He is a great actor, even when he's creepin' it up and sleeping with members of his family.(There are only a few more creepers on my list) (that's not true at all)
In The Dreamers, Eva Green plays Louis' twin sister. Their situation takes center stage as you realize their weird games are all part of a full fledged incestuous relationship. The two take in a Californian student and introduce him to the depravity. Once you get used to how awkward it is, you can actually kind of understand how it got to be like that. Their parents leave them alone in this huge house all the time. Eva tells us that they have been sleeping in the same bed since they were kids, despite having their own rooms. And while that was probably cute when they were five, it's different when you're 20.

There is a point in this movie where you can look past all that and appreciate how good he looks naked. A pale skinny Frenchman with great hair, i love it. 

And then there is Ma Mere, which i haven't seen, but apparently he sleeps with his mother. And in this one he is supposed be be 17.
Now, in this weird French movie, Louis' mother enlists a friend to take her son's virginity in public, invites him to be part of an orgy with her and her friends, and then takes off for a good chunk of the movie. This leaves Louis to find love with someone who ISN'T his mother. What an idea!
However, when his mother comes back, she asks her son if he wants to sleep with her. And he agrees.
Their sex scene doesn't include any actual sex, it's really just a montage of self harm and masturbation, during which Helene (the mother) commits suicide. 


And even though i've read and summarized that nightmare fuel, he is still so very hot. THAT is good acting!
Moving on.

- Threesomes. 
Sure, in the dreamers of of them is his sister, but i'll take it.

There is something so hot about a man who is willing to experiment sexually. 
It wouldn't take a lot of convincing to get him in the middle of this though. That's one of the best things about Les Chansons D'Amour, everyone is gorgeous, and they spend most of the movie singing to each other or in bed. 
Lucky, lucky ladies. 
-What is it about men kissing that is so sexy?
The world may never know. 

The relationship between the Ismael and Erwann is actually the most romantic part of the movie. It's a little creepy at first. Erwann stalks him for awhile before Louis eventually gives in to his advances.

He's clearly distraught. 

I've seen Les Chansons D'Amour dozens of times and that scene still gives me chills. 

-He broods so very often.
And brooding is a good move for a gorgeous French actor.


I love the eyebrows. 


On the bright side...
-He looks like he would be fun to snuggle with. 
-And like he might be fun in person. 
Or just weird.













 




Gaspard Ulliel

Gaspard Ulliel was born November 25th 1984, In a suburb of Paris. He went from acting in mostly unheard of TV movies, to playing a young Hannibal Fucking Lecter in Hannibal Rising.
He also made a brief appearance in Paris Je T'aime.

There were rumors, well not so much rumors as an obsessive fan club's desires, that he would portray Edward Cullen in the Twilight Saga. In fact, when you google him, "Gaspard Ulliel Edward Cullen" is the second most searched thing after Hannibal Rising, a movie he was actually in. I totally get it though, if you have ever read, heard of, seen or been exposed to Twilight in any way you will understand why this:
Would have made a better Edward Cullen. Now, don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with Robert Pattinson. I just personally feel like Gaspard would have made a better Edward. That belief stems partially from my desire movies about vampires not so be so gay. However, looking at it rationally, he couldn't have been a sparkly vampire because of one of the reasons i love him so much:

-He's fucking scary!
That is kind of the theme of today for me, creepy men. 


So even though whoever made this totally has the right idea, It just wouldn't have worked out. 

-Look at this adorable dimple!
I actually found out a few minutes ago that it is actually a scar from being scratched by a dog (like we all didn't want to ride a dog like a horse when we were kids. And still. ) It's still so cute though! He said in an interview that he felt like it gave him more emotional depth as a character. I'm not going to pretend to understand how that works. Does looking like you are smiling wider than you are actually count as having emotional depth? It does if you're as hot as Gaspard.

-He is comfortable with his sexuality.
I'm pretty sure the girl in that video is the girl from Inglorious Bastards (I'm not sure how the actual title of the film is spelled.) And there aren't many men i know who wouldn't make out with another man for a chance at her. In most circumstances, men kissing is hot. Especially if it is followed by adorably awkward facial expressions. I think I see some of the emotional depth that dimple/scar gives him. To be sure I'll watch this gif a few dozen more times.


-He is cute enough to wear newspaper on his head.


This picture is such a perfect combination of cute and sexy. A newspaper hat? that's freaking adorable! He has one of his fingers seductively in his mouth? That's incredibly sexy. He's so versatile! It must be that dimple.

-Such versatile men look wonderful in suspenders!


There is something so sophisticated(?) about a man in suspenders. It makes you imagine he is about to go work at some office, but has a few minutes for a quicky before he has to put his shirt on and be on his way... that's got to be it, it hits that sexy businessman chord. Those arms really help this picture. 

-He can pull off any look perfectly. 
Look at that! He looks high as balls, he has a pencil mustache and a terrible greasy looking hair style, but i still want to see him naked! Oh Christ is that a partial neck beard? 

-Nerd sexy is one of the best kinds of sexy. 
Glasses, cell phone, reading lamp. This picture seems like it might have actually been taken when he wasn't expecting it, that's impossible because no one can look that good when they aren't expecting to be photographed, except maybe the French, so it's possible.  
Shirtless and shoeless, I think it's actually the lack of shoes that makes me like this picture so much. 

-Did i mention he played fucking Hannibal?

And he kicked the shit out of that role! 

It says a lot about the potential of an actor to play a role as complex as Hannibal Lecter. When Dino De Laurentiis (The producer of Hannibal, Red Dragon and Hannibal Rising) decided it was time for us to see where Hannibal came from and how he got so fucked up, He must have had someone exactly like Gaspard in mind for the role.
In an interview Gaspard admitted to being reluctant to take the role. He said it was scary for him to take on such an enormously popular role. Anthony Hopkins is a tough act to follow. 
Lovely.










Saturday, February 12, 2011

Cillian Murphy

Let me start by saying, I started this blog because I realized how much I have been talking about Cillian Murphy lately is probably bothering the people around me. And I realized I do this a lot, I find a hot actor and watch all their movies and spend about a week googling them. Hey, if there is something wrong with that, by all means, fuck yourself.


Some facts about Cillian: His Birthday is May 25th 1967. Like all the hot actors, he started out as a rock musician, he turned down a record deal to star in a movie called Disco Pigs. He is from Cork, Ireland and currently resides in England. He reached level of fame with his roles in Batman Begins, Red Eye and to a lesser extent 28 days later. He is married to Yvonne McGuinness (Bitch) and has two sons, Malachy and Carrik. Here is his IMDB and here is his Wikipedia article. 


Unbeknownst to me his name is actually pronounced Kill-ee-ahn. Even knowing that I'm probably still going to call him Sill-ee-in because that's what it looks like, and that hasn't been much of an issue for me so far. It took me a few days of googling him relentlessly before I was barraged with this fact.


Reasons why you should love him just as much as I do.


-His eyes (Let me be the 1000000th person to point this out)
Aren't they lovely? And I'm not even the biggest fan of blue eyes on men. God, they're so piercing it would make me uncomfortable if it didn't make me want to take off my pants.
Just look at them, they look like...ice? That's not good enough.
In an interview Christopher Nolan said he invented excuses for Murphy to take off his glasses for a close up (yes please)
New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis asserted that Murphy made "a picture-perfect villain" and that his "baby blues look cold enough to freeze water and his wolfish leer suggests its own terrors."


-He played The Scarecrow 
On a certain level that's pretty terrifying. If you are at all familiar with the Batman universe then you know that The Scarecrow is fucking crazy. (unlike most people who wear tattered bags over their heads.)
The Scarecrow or Dr. Jonathan Crane is a former professor turned psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum (one of the many poor choices in a lifetime of poor choices.) He was a sadistic bastard who exposes his students and patients and everyone else he comes across to his hallucinogenic Fear Toxin. Have you ever had a bad mushroom trip? Fear Toxin is like that but with this fucked up Scarecrow trying to kill you. 

But hey, he still looks like this. I forgive you Doctor Crane!



-He makes a fantastic creeper, and I think that's a great quality in a man.
Being realistic, I can see that most of the characters he plays are at least a little bit creepy, but I can't be the only person who feels like that is a big part of his charm, can I?  And I'm very confident that there are others who would love to be in an airplane bathroom with him. 
Look at that jaw line!

-Have you seen 28 days later? It takes like an hour, but towards the end there, he is a fucking badass.


Remember when he comes back into the picture to save the ladies, and his head is shaved and all the sudden he is a total badass? Well i've seen a lot of movies, and spent a lot of time googling this man, that that is still the hottest thing i have ever seen. This isn't exactly what i was looking for, but it helps me make my point. 3:03-3:15, whoa. 3:30-3:43 oh my god. Sometimes life isn't fair. 

-He makes a great lady, there is no question about it, I would still love to get in his pants. Isn't he fabulous?
It's debatable, but I'm pretty sure making such a hot drag queen makes a man pretty much perfect. Sexy man=beautiful woman? I guess so. I haven't seem Breakfast on Pluto, but I feel like I need to as part of my Cillian education. 

-He even plays a great Huge Douche
If i were to tell you i was going to see inception before i knew Cillian Murphy was in it...that would still be true because Leo and Joseph Gordon Levitt were in it as well. But Cillian was really the selling point.  Even with a gun in his face he is still just wonderful looking. 

-Intensity looks good on a man. 
And that is pretty much the staple of his look.
Even just regular pictures of him...It would be weird that he isn't smiling, but look at him! He doesn't need to smile!

-He is Irish, which means he has an Irish accent. 
Can't you just hear it? here is a hypothetical situation for you. You are directing a movie,  and you somehow manage to cast Cillian Murphy! But unfortunately his character is American, so he needs to have an American accent. I can solve this: You change the fucking script.  
Look at those cheek bones!

Well this has been helpful for me, starting a blog just so i can post pictures of gorgeous men and woman may have actually been a good move for me. 

One for the road.

Oh, and This is him singing.