The truth is simply not so simple as spouting off names, because I don't identify with "celebrities" and their "beauty", I identify with roles. I can admire an actor/actress for their acting prowess, but I could care less who they are dating. One of my most favorite quotes goes like: "Simple minds discuss people, Average minds discuss events, Great minds discuss ideas" and as you will discover that's kind of the whole point of this blog. So when you ask me who in Hollywood I think is hot? Well let me drop some names:
Barbora Kodetova: Who the hell is that? is everyone's question, but she always comes to mind first. There was a Sci-Fi channel mini-series based off Frank Herbert's Dune (which is 1,000% better than the crappy 1980s version) and she played the primary love interest, Chani. She did an amazing job of portraying the strong willed hauntingly beautiful consort of Paul in the film, and perfectly illustrated the type of woman I am attracted to. The fact that in the full cut version of the film she has a topless scene and an awesome rack doesn't hurt either. So who is she? Just a Czech actor who has no other very significant roles beyond this, yet she's number one on my list because of that perfect role.
Nadiuska: A spanish actress who managed to catch my eye without uttering a word. In the 1982 film "Conan the Barbarian", she played the stalwart mother of young Conan whose penetrating eyes stare down the threat to her family. Like Ursula from the Little Mermaid said, don't underestimate the importance of BODY LANGUAGE! While her scene is probably not even a minute in length, and ends in tragedy, she was the most perfectly cast actress for the role who exhumed a strong maternal protective instinct, which once again, gets me going good.
Leelee Sobieski: Despite the exotic name like the above two examples, this girl is all American. Now it's possible you may have seen this girl, you may even know her name, but she's certainly not up there with the likes of women like Katie Holmes of Angelina Jolie when it comes to name recognition. While I later learned she was in movies I had seen before like Deep Impact and Jungle 2 Jungle, I really fell for her when she played Deianeira in the TV Miniseries "Hercules". Despite the classical reference to wood nymphs and their fabled identity as objects of desire for horny goat men, I really liked this character for how she interacted with others. Everyone knows Hercules as the legendary man of God-like strength but this series grounded him as more real by showing that even the strongest people sometimes need a nurturing hand. I loved the whole way it played out as he discovered that even if he's not accepted in society due to his heritage, he still has a home, and a family, and love. That touches me on a deeply emotional level and thus made me immensely attracted to this woman.
So now you have a sampling of my tastes, I won't try to argue the beauty of hollywood starlets, everyone has their own type of physical beauty, but I hate how people get hung up on names. I never found myself have the same kind of intense crush on these big name actresses just because I always identify them as "that actress", instead of "that character". The mark of a good actor is when you don't even realize they are acting. Too often it's too obvious that despite the make up, costumes, or hammy accents, that some people are the same in every movie they are in (I'm looking at YOU Helena Bonham Carter).
I also get very much discouraged by the whole "hollywood body image" thing. In a world where there's only three dress sizes, and Angelina Jolie is considered "Busty", I find myself shaking my head in bewilderment. As a personal fan of the more rubenesque ladies whose figure generally doesn't come in hourglass shape, I often wish we could see more varied body types amongst actors and actresses in situations other than where the script calls for "comically fat lady", etc. to be used. Think about it, would you ever see a superheroine played by a girl with an E Cup and junk in the trunk? Nah, of course not despite the fact that most comic book movie adaptations have a serious breast reduction when going from inked version to actress.
While we're still fixated on the boobs, let's talk about that a moment shall we. What do you consider big? Some people literally consider C Cups to be busty, perhaps it's all the porn talking or just the fact that I like women to look like women, curves and all, that I am often dismayed by the lack of anything above a D Cup in Hollywood (and I use that term lightly as what Hollywood describes as a D Cup looks a bit smaller to me). Even in sex comedies that have scantily clad if not nude women solely for male fan service, we get fed the same cookie cutter barbie body. Oh well, this is what we have the British for, now if only we could get them some watchable programming.
I may be alone in the world when it comes to not caring about who's hot in the celebrity stardom, maybe I've just become desensitized to it. I can admire many different body types, from small framed, to amazonian statures, it all comes down to demeanor with me though, I read more in how a person presents themselves rather than what their appearance is. Granted I have the good fortune to be with a very lovely BBW, I would still be with her even if she was not. I like eye-candy and sexy women as much as any 20-something guy should, but I guess somewhere down the road I became disillusioned with the whole Starlet thing, and most of the "Big name" Hollywood actresses I DO find attractive are now old enough to be my mother or grandmother... Bo Derek, Raquel Welch, Julie Andrews.... ahhh...
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