Sexy In A Suit (+ Cape)
With Man of Steel hitting cinemas, we run down the sexy superheroes (and villains) who we'd like to come to our rescue. In the night.
Rex FeaturesSuperman/Clark Kent
Played By: Henry Cavill[/b]
Film: Man Of Steel[/b]
There’s a reason there weren’t any Superman reboots for nearly thirty years (see earlier Christopher Reeve frame). However, if there is one man who is worthy of taking on the title, it’s probably Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill; an unbelievably sexy specimen... He can come to our crypt tonight. (Geddit?)
Rex FeaturesKick-Ass/ Dave Lizewski
Played By: Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Film: Kick-Ass
Erm... It’s Aaron Taylor-Johnson in all his curly-haired glory in a tight-fitting spandex suit. Need we say more?
Rex FeaturesSpider-Man/Peter Parker
Played By: Andrew Garfield[/b]
Film: The Amazing Spider-Man[/b]
When they rebooted the whole Spidey thing in 2012, Brit actor Andrew Garfield stepped into the suit more than well. In fact, he looked so good in that red and blue get-up, he managed to snag on-screen girlfriend Emma Stone in real-life, too.
Rex FeaturesDaredevil/Matt Murdock
Played By: Ben Affleck[/b]
Film: Daredevil[/b]
Like many heroes of the genre, its Daredevil’s overcoming of adversity at a young age (when he was blinded by toxic waste. Sure.) that was the catalyst for his super powers. Plus, he’s, like, totally a benevolent lawyer in the day when he’s not flushing out the criminal element from NYC’s Hell’s Kitchen.
Rex FeaturesCaptain America/Steve Rogers
Played By: Chris Evans[/b]
Film: Captain America/The Avengers[/b]
He’s (technically) not a superhero per se, merely a super human at the zenith of natural human potential. But if that’s not badass enough, he’s also super brainy, works for the US government and Thor actually deems him worthy enough to use his hammer. ‘Nuff said.
Rex FeaturesThor, God Of Thunder
Played By: Chris Hemsworth[/b]
Film: Thor[/b]
Let us list the ways in which we would like to play Jane Foster to Chris Hemsworth’s Thor. Funny, kind of antiquated in a fish-out-of-water sort of way, as well battling with family issues with good grace, Thor’s got it all. Mmm, mmm, MMM!
Rex FeaturesBatman/Bruce Wayne
Played By: Christian Bale[/b]
Film: Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy[/b]
We know he’s, like, the angriest man in showbiz and all that, but blimey jingles, there is just something about Christian Bale’s incarnation of Batman that makes us positively loinal.
Rex FeaturesSuperman/Clark Kent
Played By: Christopher Reeve[/b]
Film: Superman I-IV[/b]
Christopher Reeve... That dark raven hair teamed with those piercing blue eyes is pretty much the reason we’ve been fancying superheroes for as long as we have.
Rex FeaturesThe Hulk/Dr. Bruce Banner
Played By: Eric Bana[/b]
Film: The Incredible Hulk[/b]
Granted, we’re not sure we actually fancy The Hulk and, in fact, there is something a little disconcerting about the notion that a perfectly normal man turns into something completely different when angry... But hey, that aside, Eric Bana, much like Christian Bale, is doing all good work for the sexiness of the name Bruce.
Rex FeaturesBatman/Bruce Wayne
Played By: George Clooney[/b]
Film: Batman & Robin[/b]
Even though we kind of blame this Batman for raising the profile of one George Clooney, which meant he left our beloved ER, George was pretty hot as Bruce. #justsayin
Rex FeaturesWolverine/James “Logan” Howlett
Played By: Hugh Jackman[/b]
Film: X-Men/Wolverine... The list goes on. [/b]
We were watching the X-Men cartoon early doors on a Saturday morning in the 90s, so imagine our excitement when the first X-Men movie came out some ten years later. All our teen dreams came true with Hugh Jackman baring an uncanny resemblance to the actual comic drawing. Oh, and we loved that whole looking out for Rogue thing, too.
Rex FeaturesThe New Goblin/Harry Osborne
Played By: James Franco[/b]
Film: Spider-man 3[/b]
Mad, bad, avenging his father’s death and perpetuating his evil legacy, The New Goblin is way sketchy when he’s got his gross mask on. But when he hasn’t cue sexy music he is JAMES. FRANCO.
Rex FeaturesCyclops/Scott Summer
Played By: James Marsden[/b]
Film: X-Men I-III[/b]
If he takes his specs off, his optic force blasts could kill you in an instant. But we're not letting that get in the way of his bona fide do-gooder sexiness. Consider us fans.
Rex FeaturesSpiderman/Peter Parker
Played By: Tobey Maguire[/b]
Film: Spider-man 1-3[/b]
The upside down kiss. That. Is. All.
Rex FeaturesAdrian Veidt/Ozymandias
Played By: Matthew Goode[/b]
Film: The Watchmen[/b]
Genius, master strategist, incarnated on the big screen by Matthew Goode. What’s not to like, I hear you cry? Oh, yeah. He’s a big, fat baddy.
Probs still would though.
Rex FeaturesLegolas
Played By: Orlando Bloom[/b]
Film: Lord Of The Rings[/b]
He’s a hot elf with great hair and archery skills. He’s also a total babe that is partly responsible for saving Middle Earth from the evil clutches of Sauron – whatever Frodo says. So yeah, if that’s not enough, then I just don’t know what is.
Rex FeaturesIron Man/Tony Stark
Played By: Robert Downey Jr[/b]
Film: Iron Man 1-3[/b]
An arrogant gerjillionaire, who is such a massive philanthropist, he goes and builds a suit that means he can fight crime. What’s not to like? However, he is very much settled with the lovely Pepper Potts, so good luck with that...
Rex FeaturesThe Green Lantern/Hal Jordan
Played By: Ryan Reynolds[/b]
Film: The Green Lantern[/b]
Hot. Hot. Hawt.
Rex FeaturesLoki
Played By: Tom Hiddleston[/b]
Film: Thor[/b]
Mischievous brother of Thor, Loki totally gets a look-in too. We dig that whole moody-blue, Frost-Giant thing, because Tom makes mythical alien baddies strangely alluring.
Rex FeaturesAragorn/Strider
Played By: Viggo Mortensen[/b]
Film: Lord Of The Rings[/b]
Although he lost a lot of his sex appeal when he became King (hey, we don’t necessarily buy into that whole power turn-on thing ignores the premise of this entire feature); on closer inspection we believe this was because he pulled his hair back and had a sort of blow-dry thing done on it that really didn’t do it for us in quite the same way as the messy, “I’m too busy to groom because I’m saving Middle Earth” hair.
Rex FeaturesHancock
Played By: Will Smith
Film: Hancock
Reckless and often drunk, Hancock is the vigilante superhero that the folks love to hate. Often costing the LA squillions in repairs for the damage that he causes, he goes through a rebranding process and emerges hot. The end.
