September 30, 2000
The Mirror
"Glad He's So Sexy in a Skirt"

The world's hottest movie sex symbol is a man in a skirt, a new poll reveals.

Russell Crowe as toga- wearing Maximus in this year's blockbuster Gladiator tops Empire magazine's list of the 69 sexiest characters of all time.

Carrie Fisher is runner-up as gold bikini wearing Princess Leia in Return Of The Jedi beating female icons such as Marilyn Monroe and Sharon Stone. The full list is:

1. Russell Crowe, Gladiator

2. Carrie Fisher, Return Of The Jedi

3. Michelle Pfeiffer, Batman Returns

4. Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones Trilogy

5. Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot

6. Jane Fonda, Barbarella

7. Liam Neeson, Star Wars: Episode One

8. Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast At Tiffany's

9. Carrie-Anne Moss, The Matrix

10. Rene Russo, Thomas Crown Affair

11. Harrison Ford, Star Wars

12. Keanu Reeves, The Matrix

13. Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman

14. Kim Basinger, Nine And A Half Weeks

15. Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct

16. Jennifer Lopez, Out Of Sight

17. Robert Redford, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

18. Paul Newman, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

19. Cameron Diaz, The Mask

20. Beatrice Dalle, Betty Blue

21. Mel Gibson, Mad Max

22. James Bond - played by Sean Connery, Roger Moore,
     George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan

23. Will Smith, Bad Boys

24. Brad Pitt, Thelma And Louise

25. Salma Hayek, From Dusk Till Dawn

26. John Cusack, Grosse Point Blank

27. Ursula Andress, Dr No

28. Uma Thurman, Pulp Fiction

29. Racquel Welch, One Million Years BC

30. Clark Gable, Gone With The Wind

31. Kathleen Turner, Body Heat

32. Steve McQueen, Bulitt

33. Catherine Zeta-Jones, The Mask Of Zorro

34. Gina Gershony, Bound

35. Jessica Rabbit (voiced by Kathleen Turner), Who Framed Roger Rabbit

36. Tom Cruise, Top Gun

37. George Clooney, Out Of Sight

38. Geena Davis, Thelma And Louise

39. Lauren Bacall, To Have And Have Not

40. Bo Derek, 10

41. Anne Bancroft, The Graduate

42. Marlon Brando, A Streetcar Named Desire

43. Halle Berry, The Flintstones

44. Grace Kelly, Rear Window

45. Heather Graham, Boogie Nights

46. Rita Hayworth, Gilda

47. Matthew Broderick, Ferris Bueller's Day Off

48. Jane Russell, The Outlaw

49. Elizabeth Taylor, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

50. Dougray Scott, Ever After

51. Kevin Costner, Bull Durham

52. Michael Madsen, Reservoir Dogs

53. Rebecca De Mornay, Risky Business

54. Richard Gere, An Officer And A Gentleman

55. Denzel Washington, Much Ado About Nothing

56. James Dean, Rebel Without A Cause

57. Jude Law, The Talented Mr Ripley

58. Louise Brooks, Pandora's Box

59. Susan Sarandon, White Palace

60. Kelly Le Brock, Weird Science

61. Martin Sheen, Badlands

62. Mark Wahlberg, Boogie Nights

63. Emmanuelle Beart, Manon Des Sources

64. Nicolas Cage, Wild At Heart

65. Alan Rickman, Robin Hood, Prince Of Thieves

66. Brooke Shields, The Blue Lagoon

67. Michael J Fox, Back To The Future

68. Nastassja Kinski, Paris, Texas

69. Patricia Arquette, True Romance

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