Following the one-two punch of Legends of the Fall and Interview with the Vampire, Brad Pitt graced the cover of the issue. What was his appeal?
As Nilo Otero, the assistant director on Legends, put it, the actor handled both women and wild horses in the film, making Pitt "a man's man who seems to be a woman's man too. In spite of their careers as supermodel and superstar, the twosome who split a year later were a laid-back duo. The rugged star of Lorenzo's Oil and The Prince of Tides landed on the cover of 's Sexiest Man Alive because of his bad-boy appeal, then described as a "big-lug Adonis with the heart of gold.
As his costar, Demi Moore , said, "He has a very sweet, gentle, kind heart, and those southern manners. But he's also got a very rugged, animalistic physique. But it wasn't his smile, or his well-toned chest, that Rain Man costar Valeria Golino said was his biggest asset.
It was "his eyes. Not their color. His regard - the way he looks with them. They're very alive. Who said younger is better? His reaction?
It'll all be downhill from here! One of New York's most eligible bachelors, John F. Kennedy, Jr. But according to model Audra Avizienis, who had dated the President's son, "He has this quiet sadness. There's something pensive and sad about him. Before he was a Dancing with the Stars hoofer and Beverly Hills house husband, Harry Hamlin was a hot-shot attorney on the '80s drama L. Law - and a very modest Sexiest Man Alive. Thanks to two megahit shows - St.
Elsewhere and Moonlighting - Mark Harmon was a true '80s It boy. Still, the second-ever Sexiest Man Alive didn't get the appeal. Before the scandals, there was the sexy: In , Mel Gibson was the inaugural Sexiest Man Alive, thanks to his rough good looks in the post-apocalyptic Mad Max flicks. But Gibson was uneasy with his growing celebrity, saying at the time, "It's all happening too fast. Sexiest Man Alive. All the Sexiest Man Alive Covers.
FB Tweet More. Pinterest Email Send Text Message. Credit: Alexei Hay. Nick Nolte was named People magazine's "sexiest man alive" for its March 6, , issue. Patrick Swayze was named People magazine's "sexiest man alive" for its Aug. Tom Cruise was named People magazine's "sexiest man alive" for its July 23, , issue. Sean Connery was named People magazine's "sexiest man alive" in John F.
Kennedy Jr. Harry Hamlin was named People magazine's "sexiest man alive" for its March 30, , issue. Mark Harmon was named People magazine's "sexiest man alive" for its Jan. Mel Gibson was named People magazine's "sexiest man alive" for its Feb 4, , issue. Blake Shelton is named People magazine's 'sexiest man alive'. ABC News Network. Considering the past few years have seen the winner do a photoshoot and interview with People Magazine along with a few other appearances, you'd have to assume the winner would be on board with the franchise.
And as you can see with this bit with Steven Colbert on The Late Show, Rudd is very much in on the joke about the bizarreness of declaring someone as the sexiest man alive:. In a deep dive on the Sexiest Man Alive, Slate Magazine said "enthusiasm about promoting the magazine goes a long way", as well as citing a "recent former staffer" from People who gave a bit of insight into the way it was decided.
Back in , John F. Kennedy Jr was named People's Sexiest Man Alive, but the accompanying article was a write-around instead of the kind of interview Rudd gave. Slate reported People "painstakingly extracted minor revelations from his 'third-tier friends'" for its cover story, including quotes from one of Kennedy's cousins, who later wrote an angry letter to the magazine about the article.
According to a report from The Wrap , actor Ryan Gosling "repeatedly" turned down the title. Citing "an individual close to the cover negotiations", The Wrap said efforts by People Magazine to make Gosling its Sexiest Man Alive were shot down by his team.
The phrase actually came from the last line of Green's feature about Gibson, which was written while he was filming Mad Max:. As society started turning away from the tabloid culture of sexualising celebrities and criticising their looks, the title began to lose its shine.
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. So how do they pick? There are polls People Magazine runs a reader's choice competition , which had 20 categories this year. It's People's choice, not a people's choice When explaining why John Legend took the title in , People editor-in-chief Dan Wakeford said his team did give polls serious consideration.
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