Crushes and Keanu Reeves

[bennmatt at yahoo.com]

Penny wrote:

> *Shaun* Cassidy, I decided his
>already-has-been-only-seen-on-reruns older brother David was pretty
>hot. 

Interestingly, I do tend to prefer David, too.

> (Just wanted to be clear that I was only 5 yrs old in 1970 & not
>salivating over any teen idol at that tender age).  :--)

Oh, I was one year old then. I think I discoverd David in Partridge 
Family re-runs when I was 
about eight, but I didn't have a crush on him then.

Tabouli wrote:

>I approve of Keanu Reeves on principle out of Fellow Eurasian 
Loyalty!  

Well, my reasons are much more superficial. I think he's gorgeous.

>And yes, I do get saddened when actors get typecast into their first 
major role forever 

It's horribly annoying, isn't it?

>(though for some this could be because they really *are* their first 
major role... Hugh Grant in 
>Four Weddings, perhaps?  

He's admitted in interviews that he doesn't act, so much as he plays 
himself. When he does it 
well (Four Weddings), it's very good, and when it's not, it's 
excruciating to watch and I wipe 
my memories of where I've seen that from my mind.

>Though I thought he did a surprisingly good villain in Bridget 
Jones' Diary, after being useless 
>in non English-fop roles in every else I've seen him in).

Actually, I thought his role in Bridget Jones was an aspect of 
playing himself. Not that I think 
he's a nasty villain in RL, but that the facade the character had was 
very similar to his other 
roles, and that this character (I can remember Mark, but I'm damned 
if I can remember his 
character's name) turned out to be a villian wasn't the performance 
aspect of the role. He never 
really played the bad side of the character, most of what we heard 
about that came from Mark, 
except for the cheating on Bridget, and that's not exactly a 
departure from most of his other 
roles.

>After a brief and highly embarrassing George Michael episode at 12 
(ARRRRGH!)

You had one of those too? I was fifteen when I had mine, though.

>... Morten Harket!  Christian!!  A fellow fan of the glorious A-ha!  

Goodness...another A-ha fan.

>Now here's something I have debated hotly with various friends, most 
of whom disagree with 
me violently... what do you think it is that shapes people's tastes 
in this area?  

I have no idea, but I've got lots of theories...

>I know all these misguided people who are convinced that people go 
for a partner who is 
>physically similar to themselves.  Tripe, says Tabouli, 

Ditto says Joanne, who is small, light-haired (brown, not blonde, but 
it's not dark), who likes 
tall, dark and handsome men. Though there are the blonde exceptions. 
With women, I have no 
idea what it is that sparks my interest in them, but it's rarely 
about whether they look similar to 
me.

>Which brings me to the other theory I disagree with, which is that 
heterosexual people tend to 
>favour a partner who physically resembles their opposite sex parent

Not really - my dad does have dark hair, but his is black and I tend 
to like brown-haired men.

>Another theory I have more sympathy with is that you continue to 
gravitate towards people 
who resemble the first lover you had with whom you were desperately 
in love.

I could agree with that. The brown-haired, tall, dark, handsome (in 
the eye of the beholder) 
thing would lend weight to this theory.

Jennifer Piersol wrote:

>My first "star" crush was (believe it or not) Paul Reiser when he 
was 
>on "My Two Dads".  

I like Paul Reiser. Never really crushed on him, but I like him.

>I can only thank the powers that be that I escaped having any sort 
of 
>crush on any of the New Kids on the Block.

Same here. I do remember them vaguely.

Though I do have a bit of a current thing for Mark Wahlberg, but he 
doesn't count. He was 
only the brother of one of them (though I do believe he was briefly a 
part of the band).

Saitaina wrote:

>As I'm all for embarrassing myself in a room full of people I 
decided to
>share.  My first 'star' crush was....Wil Wheaton.

I absolutely love Wil Wheaton. I think he was my second favourite on 
Star Trek after Data. 
He's also divine in Stand By Me, a very interesting little movie.

>He dropped out of sight soon after leaving Star Trek due to the
>fame of it but has at last re-surfaced much to my long forgotten 
delight.

What is he up to now? I haven't heard of him since ST except for 
seeing him on the SBM 
documentary.

> Eddie...whatever his last
>name was (the kid from Terminator 2: Judgement Day that married his 
tutor)

Furlong. And if you want to see an absolutely *heartbreaking* 
performance from him, rent the 
movie American History X. He's wonderful in this, as is Edward 
Norton, another wonderful 
actor.

Joanne.