This is What My Romance Hero Would Look Like

kim76 · Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 96 Location: Ohio

Who's the vampire hero guy? It looks like Jonathan Rhys Meyers?

Ash · Joined: 11 Jul 2011 Posts: 160

nope his name is matthias streitwieser, I never heard of him either before seeing this picture.

Nana · Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 893

I always found Chen Chang, from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, to be stunning.

brwneyedbeauty · Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Posts: 44 Location: New York

I came across this actor while watching NCIS:LA- Scott Elrod. I've never seen him before, but I wish I had Wink

southplains · Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 19

Here's one who still makes "hottest men" lists even after all these years. Those of you who are over 40 might recognize him; those who are younger might be surprised who he is. At any rate, aside from being an American icon, he's long been widely recognized as one of the most beautiful men in the world, and when I visualize a romance hero, I often picture this guy at this stage in his life.

Hopeless_Romantic · Joined: 21 Jan 2010 Posts: 114 Location: U.S.

I found another Italian hero-type actor from 'Dancing With the Stars' - I'd never seen him before, but he must be what some of the Harlequin writers have in their head when they write Mediterranean heroes. Wink

Enjoy!

Gilles Marini

This next one should have a warning like microwaves and cell phones. Laughing

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pickyreader · Joined: 29 Sep 2012 Posts: 9

Ooooh....... I love this thread. What a wonderful idea. I've got so much to share! So bear with me!!!!!! I'm hoping you will find as much pleasure in viewing as I did!
I will be starting off a series of posts. Each one will feature the actor whom I believe perfectly captures the imagined appearance of the hero the novel describes. I've got a lot of combinations to cover:
1. dark hair, green/blue eyes
2. blonde hair, blue/green eyes
3. brown hair, brown eyes

Today:

Category 1. for me is: CLIVE OWEN

Look at those parted lips, that piercing gaze, the crinkles between his furrowed brows... don't you just want to reach out and smooth those creases away??

The fierce warrior. How many medieval romances have we read with that starring hero?
Look at that shimmer of sweat on his skin, the glistening locks of his hair, the strained look on his face... Don't you just want to grab a bow and arrow and fight by his side??
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Susanna Kearsley · Joined: 03 Nov 2008 Posts: 84 Location: Canada

xina · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 6628 Location: minneapolis

Lillian Sulivan · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 233

We were watching Mongol and I told my friend that I thought Tadanobu Asano was awfully cute. She said that was weird, but I make an allowance that describing Genghis Khan as 'cute' does kinda rub the paradigms the wrong way.

Sometimes when I read contemporaries, I ignore the gratuitous character descriptions and imagine the hero and heroine look like some of the many different people in my life. Okay, this guys isn't, in fact, actually in my life in any way, but he's played the mental role of hero through a number of romances for me:

I recently finished pecking out another 80,000+ words of drivel and through it all, I imagined the hero looking like Andrej Pejic:

(Lilly - he looks like a girl.)
(Yeah, I know. It's sort of a quirky romance.)

Best,
Lilly
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Shall we still be together with our arms around each other,
And shall you be my new romance?"