Fluffy sideburns, britches, and cravats galore!!
I made a list of my Top Ten male costume drama protagonists, which I've been meaning to post forever but was too lazy to upload all the pictures. Finally, without further ado...
TOP TEN COSTUME DRAMA MEN
Note(s): for simplicity's sake, these concern British series only. Also keep in mind these are entirely personal preferences, not an objective all-time list. And they're subject to change, like, any minute.
1. Fitzwilliam Darcy (Colin Firth, BBC’s Pride & Prejudice,1995)
It’s not as though Colin is devastatingly handsome, it’s just that he played the role-of a man desperately but silently in love-so perfectly that he’s ruined it for everyone else. Yes, even Matthew Macfadyen. Especially Matthew Macfadyen.
2. Gilbert Markham (Toby Stephens, BBC’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, 1996)
Definitely not the most well-known BBC drama, and Anne is probably the least well known of the Brontë sisters, but well worth a look: Toby plays a farmer who woos the heroine with his honesty, kindness, and freckles. I have never seen a man look so good onscreen. Honestly. Look at him. He’s beautiful.
3. John Thornton (Richard Armitage, BBC’s North & South, 2004)
As with Darcy, Thornton’s magic is in his silence: the stares, the smiles, the brooding profile. (‘Cause when he talks, he has that funny Northern accent). It is also my opinion that Richard Armitage should just wear his sideburns like that all the time.
4. Edward Rochester (Toby Stephens, BBC’s Jane Eyre, 2006)
Toby’s second attempt at a Brontë hero in a decade! Rochester actually creeps me out more than he makes me swoon. I’m just awed by his weirdness and his passion. And his obscenely tight britches.
5. Captain Frederick Wentworth (Rupert Penry-Jones, ITV’s Persuasion, 2007)
Wentworth has more of an athletic quality to him-he is a naval officer, after all, and you know what they say about a man in uniform. Plus, still loving a woman despite being dumped and then separated from her for eight years? Commendable.
6. Dick Dewy (James Murray, BBC’s Under the Greenwood Tree, 2005)
Yes, that is his real name. I found UTGT hilarious in an unintended way, but very, very pretty. I mean, you can’t go wrong with a shirtless James Murray in a river. No indeed.
7. Colonel Christopher Brandon (Alan Rickman, Sense & Sensibility, 1995)
It’s Alan Rickman, and he’s blond. What can I say.
8. George Knightley (Jeremy Northam, Emma, 1996)
I don’t remember when it happened, but there was a time when I realized that men nearing forty are hotter than men nearing thirty. And this makes the fact that Emma is only 21 and Mr. Knightley 37 totally okay.
9. Reverend Gibson (David Tennant, BBC’s He Knew He Was Right, 2004)
This is actually the piece wherein David first caught my eye; and it was actually because of David that I started watching Doctor Who (I watched season 2 first!). Anyway, Gibson isn’t exactly an honest character, but I find him hilarious, and I love watching him. He was a much-needed dose of comic relief in an otherwise somber series.
10. Edmund Bertram (Blake Ritson, ITV’s Mansfield Park, 2007)
I thought Edmund was absolutely adorable, but he was just so dim-took him almost two hours to get over the Obviously Evil Romantic Competitor and fall for Billie Piper! What was the man thinking.
Screencaps were stolen from everywhere. :D
Haha, how is it that Daniel Radcliffe's wax figure is hotter than him?
Feb. 25 2011
Due to the huge increase of spam comments I have been getting on this entry lately, anonymous commenting is now disabled. I'm sorry to those of you who don't have LJ accounts and would like to comment, but I had to do something. I made this entry Friends Only briefly, but decided it would be better to keep it public and simply disable comments from non-registered users.
TOP TEN COSTUME DRAMA MEN
Note(s): for simplicity's sake, these concern British series only. Also keep in mind these are entirely personal preferences, not an objective all-time list. And they're subject to change, like, any minute.
1. Fitzwilliam Darcy (Colin Firth, BBC’s Pride & Prejudice,1995)
It’s not as though Colin is devastatingly handsome, it’s just that he played the role-of a man desperately but silently in love-so perfectly that he’s ruined it for everyone else. Yes, even Matthew Macfadyen. Especially Matthew Macfadyen.
2. Gilbert Markham (Toby Stephens, BBC’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, 1996)
Definitely not the most well-known BBC drama, and Anne is probably the least well known of the Brontë sisters, but well worth a look: Toby plays a farmer who woos the heroine with his honesty, kindness, and freckles. I have never seen a man look so good onscreen. Honestly. Look at him. He’s beautiful.
3. John Thornton (Richard Armitage, BBC’s North & South, 2004)
As with Darcy, Thornton’s magic is in his silence: the stares, the smiles, the brooding profile. (‘Cause when he talks, he has that funny Northern accent). It is also my opinion that Richard Armitage should just wear his sideburns like that all the time.
4. Edward Rochester (Toby Stephens, BBC’s Jane Eyre, 2006)
Toby’s second attempt at a Brontë hero in a decade! Rochester actually creeps me out more than he makes me swoon. I’m just awed by his weirdness and his passion. And his obscenely tight britches.
5. Captain Frederick Wentworth (Rupert Penry-Jones, ITV’s Persuasion, 2007)
Wentworth has more of an athletic quality to him-he is a naval officer, after all, and you know what they say about a man in uniform. Plus, still loving a woman despite being dumped and then separated from her for eight years? Commendable.
6. Dick Dewy (James Murray, BBC’s Under the Greenwood Tree, 2005)
Yes, that is his real name. I found UTGT hilarious in an unintended way, but very, very pretty. I mean, you can’t go wrong with a shirtless James Murray in a river. No indeed.
7. Colonel Christopher Brandon (Alan Rickman, Sense & Sensibility, 1995)
It’s Alan Rickman, and he’s blond. What can I say.
8. George Knightley (Jeremy Northam, Emma, 1996)
I don’t remember when it happened, but there was a time when I realized that men nearing forty are hotter than men nearing thirty. And this makes the fact that Emma is only 21 and Mr. Knightley 37 totally okay.
9. Reverend Gibson (David Tennant, BBC’s He Knew He Was Right, 2004)
This is actually the piece wherein David first caught my eye; and it was actually because of David that I started watching Doctor Who (I watched season 2 first!). Anyway, Gibson isn’t exactly an honest character, but I find him hilarious, and I love watching him. He was a much-needed dose of comic relief in an otherwise somber series.
10. Edmund Bertram (Blake Ritson, ITV’s Mansfield Park, 2007)
I thought Edmund was absolutely adorable, but he was just so dim-took him almost two hours to get over the Obviously Evil Romantic Competitor and fall for Billie Piper! What was the man thinking.
Screencaps were stolen from everywhere. :D
Haha, how is it that Daniel Radcliffe's wax figure is hotter than him?
Feb. 25 2011
Due to the huge increase of spam comments I have been getting on this entry lately, anonymous commenting is now disabled. I'm sorry to those of you who don't have LJ accounts and would like to comment, but I had to do something. I made this entry Friends Only briefly, but decided it would be better to keep it public and simply disable comments from non-registered users.