WHO'S HOTTER: (round three) Monty Clift or Daniel Craig?

EDWARD MONTGOMERY CLIFT

Why is he hot?
Monty has reached the kind of iconic status where you stop asking why he's hot, and just worship him. But it has something to do with his being a great (and great-looking) actor who happened to be gay in old Hollywood. Tortured souls are sexy. Being gay is sexy.

Hotter than:
Jamie Bell
Rock Hudson

Hottest role:
I have little direct experience with Monty's work, but I've inferred that the answer is either Suddenly Last Summer or A Place in the Sun. Monty + Liz = ouch, too hot for my eyes! UPDATE: I've been told Sun is where Monty burns brightest; Summer is Liz's show.

DANIEL WROUGHTON CRAIG

Why is he hot?
For reasons entirely different from Monty's; Daniel's more of a badass than a tortured soul. And anyone who can work a tux, a speedo AND full-on nudity this well has my love. Plus, when he looks at you, you feel dirty. That's always a plus.

Hotter than:
Chris Evans
Cary Grant

Hottest role:
This is hard. James Bond would be the obvious choice, but there's really a LOT of other stuff out there: his brooding killer in Infamous, his manly poet in Sylvia, his all-brawn younger man in The Mother. Plus, he played Francis Bacon's oft-nude gay lover in Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon. That's hard to top.

WHO'S HOTTER: (round two) Jamie Bell or Monty Clift?

JAMIE BELL

Nationality: British

Age: 21

Height: 5' 8''

Trademark: those defiantly masculine twinkletoes

Notable Work:
Billy Elliot (2000)
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
King Kong (2005)
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Upcoming:
Hallam Foe (2007)
Jumper (2008)
Defiance (2008)






EDWARD MONTGOMERY CLIFT

Nationality: American (Nebraska native)

Age: died at age 46
(would have been 86 now)

Height: 5' 10''

Trademark: that oh-so-sexy vulnerability, and queerness ahead of his time

Notable Work:
The Search (1948)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

Upcoming:
sadly, nothing

And the winners are...

Gregory Peck (3-1)
















Monty Clift (4-1)



















Jimmy Stewart (4-0)





















...and Cary Grant (2-2... a TIE, which means I cast the deciding vote)