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message 1: by Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack! (new)

 Danielle The Book Huntress  (gatadelafuente) | 2281 comments Mod
I was thinking about this, and I usually don't, except after the fact. Lately, when I watch BBC America, I do wonder if some of the British characters resemble those in the shows and movies. I'm not that into Italians and Greeks as far as men, so I don't keep up with guys who would fit these characters.

Also, Raoul Bova does have a HP hero look about him. Maybe David Gandy or Verity's man, Guilio Berruti.

Tom Hardy is hotness for sure, even though he does have some crooked teeth. I might have to use him. James D'Arcy too, although he's a bit on the thin side.

What about you?


message 2: by Verity (new)

Verity | 567 comments LOL I do. I have a ginormous gal crush on goddess Jessica Chastain. So yeah I picture her for my HP heroines. Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackman & Rupert Penry-Jones (I don't even like blondes but he's so dashing in Persuasion). James D'Arcy needs to beef up, I agree.


message 3: by Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack! (new)

 Danielle The Book Huntress  (gatadelafuente) | 2281 comments Mod
There aren't a lot of blond HP heroes, huh?


message 4: by Verity (last edited Mar 15, 2012 05:55PM) (new)

Verity | 567 comments Patricia Wilson book I read couple nites ago is blonde. For non-HP, Simon from Elizabeth Hoyt - The serpent price & also Esmond from Loretta Chase - Captives of the night, are so dreamy, they rock my rusty boat.


message 5: by Lemon (last edited Mar 15, 2012 06:03PM) (new)

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I like the Brits. Richard Armitage, Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton and for blondies, Daniel Craig. Guess I like 007 actors, LOL. For heroines I like the brits too, Rachel Weizl, Kate Beckinsale. Monica Belucci is gorgeous too (Italian, obviously).

Sara Craven writes some blond heroes. I find that kind of refreshing sometimes. I tend to like the anglo heroes.


message 6: by Kate (new)

Kate (kateperegrinate) Pretty much every hero is Jon Hamm for me.


message 7: by Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack! (new)

 Danielle The Book Huntress  (gatadelafuente) | 2281 comments Mod
Oh, good idea suggestions. I love the idea of Richard Armitage as a HP hero. I love Daniel Craig, but he has a macho, lethal appeal I don't usually associate with HPs. I wish I read more with that kind of hero.

Kate I went through a phase where Christian Bale and Gerard Butler were my heroes in every other book, mostly historicals. I'm not into GB anymore, but I still love Bale.


message 8: by Sheila (new)

Sheila (schmoozy) | 92 comments Oh I'm still into GB so a big YES to Gerard Butler. : )

And back in the day, I could associate Tommy Lee Jones to many Janet Dailey Books!


message 9: by Aruana (new)

Aruana | 248 comments I find that I picture Jon Hamm a lot these days. He's got all the physical attributes I can see in an HP hero.

Aruana


message 10: by Leona (new)

Leona (wdwcbm) | 373 comments Definitely Jon Hamm...he has that Tycoon look!


message 11: by Kate (new)

Kate (kateperegrinate) I was in London a few weeks ago, and the tube stations were filled with Michael Fassbender movie posters (for Shame and A Dangerous Method [which I also happened to have watched on my flight over]), so I think he's now creeping into my HP hero image bank.


message 12: by Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack! (new)

 Danielle The Book Huntress  (gatadelafuente) | 2281 comments Mod
Michael Fassbender looks great in a suit and otherwise!

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message 13: by Aruana (new)

Aruana | 248 comments O, yes! Forgot about Michael Fassbender. Especially after seeing him in Jane Eyre. His physical attributes are very HP.


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Aruana | 248 comments Daniel Craig - there's something cruel about his look

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Jon Hamm - Abby Geen used him as inspiration for one of her characters on Pinterest - Luc

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Clive Owen

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Russell Crowe

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message 15: by Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack! (new)

 Danielle The Book Huntress  (gatadelafuente) | 2281 comments Mod
Great pics, Aruana.


message 16: by Aruana (new)

Aruana | 248 comments :::Blush:::: - have them on my Photobucket account and I have Pinterest boards for my fave actors.


message 17: by Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack! (new)

 Danielle The Book Huntress  (gatadelafuente) | 2281 comments Mod
I'm on Pinterest, can you post a link to your boards, Aruana?

I like looking at Abby Green and Caitlin Crews' boards because you can see how they get that HP vibe with those pictures they use as inspiration.


message 18: by Aruana (new)

Aruana | 248 comments Here's the link: http://pinterest.com/aruana/

Please send me yours as well.

Thanks

Aruana


message 19: by Sapheron (new)

Sapheron | 56 comments Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "I was thinking about this, and I usually don't, except after the fact. Lately, when I watch BBC America, I do wonder if some of the British characters resemble those in the shows and movies. I'm n..."

You took Raoul Bova out of my mouth........ Loves me some him. John Hamm and Clive Owen have worked their way in too, but only when the H is English or American .


message 20: by Sapheron (new)

Sapheron | 56 comments For female leads, it depends a lot on how they're described but, as a shortlist, for red heads I usually go with rachelle lefevre or blondes can be Clemence Poesy (if she's kind of waifish, or Romola Garai for someone sturdier. Brunettes range from the obligatory Megan Fox to Leighton Meester (something about her face) to Shay Mitchell.


message 21: by Lemon (new)

Lemon | 801 comments Mod
Oh, I think Clive Owen would have been really good for the hero in Susan Napier's Mistress for a Weekend. Or Channing Tatum.


message 22: by Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack! (new)

 Danielle The Book Huntress  (gatadelafuente) | 2281 comments Mod
Ooh, yummy thought, Lulu!


message 23: by Lemon (last edited Apr 07, 2012 08:11PM) (new)

Lemon | 801 comments Mod
Susan Napier's Mistress for a Weekend hero and heroine:

Blake MacLeod:


Nora Lang




message 24: by Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack! (new)

 Danielle The Book Huntress  (gatadelafuente) | 2281 comments Mod
Nice! I think they make a good couple!


message 25: by Lemon (new)

Lemon | 801 comments Mod
This is how I picture Jolie Tanner from The Man She Loves To Hate:






message 26: by Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack! (new)

 Danielle The Book Huntress  (gatadelafuente) | 2281 comments Mod
Who is that, Lulu?


message 28: by Aruana (last edited Apr 08, 2012 01:59AM) (new)

Aruana | 248 comments That pic of Clive Owen is divine. There's something about the mishapen nose that does it for me. He looks like a guy who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks and had to claw his way out of the gutter.

Raoul Bova is gorgeous! Can definitely see him in a M & B role.

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Megan Fox does nothing for me - I'm not able to look past her "history".

I must say that Abby Green's Pinterest boards are brilliant. She used Jon Hamm for her character Luc in her current M & B.

She has this scene as one of her "inspirations". I love this scene from Casino Royale!

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message 29: by Sapheron (new)

Sapheron | 56 comments Megan Fox only happens when the brunette is supposed to be a sexed-up celebrity or model or some such (until proven otherwise of course ;)). On a normal day I'd go for a more innocent looking girl.


message 30: by Verity (new)

Verity | 567 comments I adore Eva Green, especially her bedroom voice. Methinks Thomas Gibson is pretty hawt. When Superman reboot came out, drool-worthy Brandon Routh made me go see it 4 X, but then his career took a dive.

Lulu, Axelle Red is a stunner !

This thread is so bad for my ricocheting hormones.


message 31: by Aruana (new)

Aruana | 248 comments The new Superman movie is due later this year or beginning next year and it stars :::drum roll::::: Henry Cavill! I loved him in The Tudors as well.

Here he is in the Dunhill ad

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Yummy!


message 32: by Verity (new)

Verity | 567 comments No doubt he'll have sucked up my bottomless supply of drool @ the end of movie. His Brit accent can make me preggers w/ triplets.

For models, Gabriel Aubry is an eye catcher. He could play Jamie in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander saga, w/ Kate Beckinsale as Claire.

For cute young-uns, 4 some reason methinks Andrew Garfield is gorgeous as a geek. He was brilliant as Eduardo Saverin in The social network & the super duper morbid Never let me go. I can't wait to see Spiderman.

Anotha red-headed chick I lurrve is Emma Stone. So heelarious in Easy A.


message 33: by Aruana (new)

Aruana | 248 comments Gabriel Aubry - Halle Berry's ex-boyfriend and father of her baby right?

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message 34: by Verity (new)

Verity | 567 comments Baby Nala has the most gifted & beautiful genes evah. Too bad their cougar romance didn't last.

Jon Bon Jovi is still my lifelong obsession. Jeremy Irons too.


message 35: by Aruana (new)

Aruana | 248 comments Abby Green uses Alexis Papas (male model) as one of her inspirations.

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message 36: by Aruana (new)

Aruana | 248 comments We have a South African actor by the name of Nico Panagio - yes, he is Greek.

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I can easily see him as a H.


message 37: by Xiao_nie7 (new)

Xiao_nie7 | 18 comments Anyone else imagine the H from Kids Is a 4-Letter Word as Colin Firth?


message 38: by Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack! (last edited Apr 08, 2012 10:35PM) (new)

 Danielle The Book Huntress  (gatadelafuente) | 2281 comments Mod
Oh man, I loved Daniel Craig in Casino Royale. Normally I don't find Bond sexy, but Craig....oh yes. I loved his interactions/intimacy with Eva Green/Vesper. I am not that into blond, but man, Daniel Craig....swoon!

And I agree with about Eva Green, Verity. She's beautiful but in a unique way. That's refreshing.

Clive Owen is delicious, also because he's not pretty, but gorgeous.


message 39: by Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack! (new)

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Thanks for the You Tube link, Lulu. I can see why Axelle Red would remind you of Jolie.


message 40: by Verity (new)

Verity | 567 comments Aruana wrote: "Abby Green uses Alexis Papas (male model) as one of her inspirations.



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Dear Gawd, those eyes could melt metal !

Xiao nie, the 1st chapter of SB is so cute that I just had to buy on kindle ;^{2


message 41: by Verity (new)

Verity | 567 comments Xiao_nie7 wrote: "Anyone else imagine the H from Kids Is a 4-Letter Word as Colin Firth?"

I finished it & thought Tom Hiddleston was a bettah visual than CF. Wot a boatload of fun & funny quickie !


message 42: by Romance Lover (last edited Apr 16, 2012 11:22AM) (new)

Romance Lover (demetrahp) | 88 comments One of my favorite young actresses is Michelle Jenner (Spanish), I thing that she is extremely beautiful
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I also like her co-star in a spanish tv-series Hugo Silva
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message 43: by Aruana (new)

Aruana | 248 comments David Gandy - model

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message 44: by Leona (new)

Leona (wdwcbm) | 373 comments ok..these men are drop dead gorgeous...but is it just me, or do they need to add a little meat to their bones!


message 45: by Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack! (new)

 Danielle The Book Huntress  (gatadelafuente) | 2281 comments Mod
That second picture screams HP billionaire hero!


message 46: by Lemon (new)

Lemon | 801 comments Mod
This is the eye candy thread. Lulu likey :).


message 47: by Aruana (new)

Aruana | 248 comments Lulu, it's all Pinterest's fault! ;)


message 48: by Kate (new)

Kate (kateperegrinate) I'm usually not into the male model type, but I think David Gandy is just delicious!


message 49: by Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack! (new)

 Danielle The Book Huntress  (gatadelafuente) | 2281 comments Mod
Same here, Kate.


message 50: by Sapheron (new)

Sapheron | 56 comments Oh yes, hot damn!


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