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Publication Date: Friday, January 03, 2003
Sex appeal
Sex appeal
(January 03, 2003) Top-10 movie hunks and babes of 2002
For the third year in a row, we asked Weekly film critics Jeanne Aufmuth and Jim Shelby to compile their lists of the hottest actors and actresses of the year. Some of you might think it's a little cheesy, but hopefully this annual piece has become a guilty pleasure for most Weekly readers.
Top-10 movie hunks of 2002
Michael Caine: His smarts, his vulnerability and his willingness to put himself on the line in "The Quiet American" (as a veteran London Times journalist in politically exposed 1952 Vietnam) combined to make Caine a man I would be more than happy to do business with.
Sergio Castellitto: His Italian joie-de-vivre melted the heart of "Mostly Martha"'s impenetrable ice queen chef, which was no mean feat. Melting mine was a piece of cake.
Colin Farrell: Self-assured, dangerous and drop-dead dazzling (those eyes!), Farrell stole "Minority Report" right out from under hunky Tom Cruise's nose.
Jake Gyllenhaal: Just one look was all it took. Gyllenhaal's smoldering, knowing gaze penetrated "Good Girl" Jennifer Aniston across a sea of cash registers -- my most memorably sexy movie moment.
Dennis Haysbert: Warmhearted, cultivated and cool as a cucumber, Haysbert crossed the 1950s racial line with style in "Far From Heaven." The fact that he's a tall drink of hot chocolate didn't hurt in the least.
Johnny Knoxville: Have I lost my mind? No, just my pitter-pattering heart, to MTV's sexy, whacked-out "Jackass."
Josh Lucas: A proud representative of the Deep South (and a credit to his gender), Lucas was all fiery sensuality buried beneath an aw-shucks charm in "Sweet Home Alabama."
Viggo Mortensen: The only repeat performer on my list, Mortensen prevailed over "The Two Towers" as the original man with (medieval) tools -- in head-to-toe leather, to boot. When he crashed open the weighty wooden doors of Helm's Deep, I was a goner.
Natar Ungalaaq: As the capable, testosterone-packed hunter of a remote Inuit tribe, Ungalaaq outshone even Canada's arctic light. His dash-in-the-buff (to escape a pair of primeval killers) across the frozen plains of Nunavut was a thing of beauty in "The Fast Runner."
Shane West: Bad boy-goes-good for the girl he loves, and stomps all over my libido with his insolent grin and heartfelt mutation in "A Walk to Remember."
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