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Meet the UK’s favourite Christmas heartthrob – no, it isn’t Hugh Grant or Jude Law-Lillie Rohan-Entertainment – Metro
It’s not Hugh, but it is someone from Love Actually.
Who is the nation’s favourite Christmas heartthrob? We’ll give you a hint, it’s none of these men (Picture: Getty/Rex)
Tis the season for mulled wine, Christmas parties and the annual reveal of the UK’s favourite Christmas heartthrob.
While new sweethearts have emerged this year, including Dwyane ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Chris Evans in The Red One, there is no denying we will always love the more traditional characters like Hugh Grant as Prime Minister in Love Actually and Jude Law as Graham in The Holiday.
But for Jude, 51, who received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this week, and Hugh, 64, who is earning rave reviews for his new film Heretic, that’s where the praise for the men stops, at least in terms of this list.
Of course, they’ll still have a place in our hearts during this season as the reason we religiously watch the Christmas classics year after year despite knowing the story line off by heart, but the heartthrob title belongs to someone else now.
According to a recent study, the UK have a soft spot for three very special men, but it’s one in particular who has earned an 8.5 attractiveness rating overall, and he’s been right under our noses for years.
He isn’t the only top competitor, though, and another name on the list has had a staggering 55 million searches this year, Slingo reports.
So who are the top three, and why do we love them so much? We take a look below.
Bruce Willis
Bruce is one of the UK’s favourite Christmas heartthrobs (Picture: Moviestore/Shutterstock)
Coming in at first place, Bruce Willis, 69, has solidified himself as a Christmas hero ever since he appeared in the 1988 film Die Hard. Starring as Detective John McClane in the film, the plot follows John as he finds his wife is tied up in a hostage situation on Christmas Eve and he must save her, the other hostages and take down the terrorists.
Bruce didn’t win any awards for the film, but it has since become (debatably) one of the most popular Christmas movies around, with a 4.8/5 star rating on Amazon and an 8.2/10 rating on IMDb, and the actor himself doesn’t have bad ratings either.
Slingo found Bruce has a 6.7 attractiveness rating, two million Instagram followers and a mind blowing 55 million web searches this year alone.
Despite Bruce’s popularity, fans won’t get the chance to see him in another film as he was heartbreakingly diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) last year, which came after he retired from acting in 2022 due to aphasia.
The actor retired from his career in 2022 (Picture: Rich Fury/Getty Images)
Ever since, his wife Emma Heming Willis and his ex-wife, Demi Moore have provided occasional insights into his well-being, with the former recently opening up about how they first noticed his speech change, which were the initial symptoms of FTD.
The latest update came from Demi, who was married to Bruce from 1987 to 2000, last month, where she said he is ‘in a very stable place’.
Jack Black
Coming in second to Bruce is comedian, actor and musician, Jack Black, who has overtaken his former The Holiday co-star, Jude.
Known for his role as Miles, Kate Winslet’s love interest in the iconic festive film, the Grammy winner’s cheeky charm and energetic vibe appears to be a major hit with the people of the UK who have rated him a 7.6 attractiveness score out of 10.
In terms of social media followers, the 55 year old has a huge community of over 14 million people and this year, earned himself 42 million searches overall.
Jack won us over in The Holiday in 2006 (Picture: Sony Pictures/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)
Almost 20 years after film was released, the actor remains a firm favourite (Picture: Kevin Kane/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
In the years since The Holiday, Jack has remained firmly comedy film orientated with Kung Fu Panda and Jumangi just two of his most memorable franchises.
He placing as our second favourite Christmas heartthrob couldn’t have come at a better time either as he recently starred in and co-wrote the festive film, Dear Santa.
In a role that couldn’t be more different from his first Christmas film, Jack plays Satan and visits a little boy who accidentally spelt Santa wrong,summoning the devil. While he may be more villainous in this role, he’s still the hilarious actor we know and love, which is perhaps why he landed a spot so high on the list.
Rodrigo Santoro
Bruce and Jack may have higher search ratings, but the actor who scored the highest attractiveness rating is none other than Love Actually’s Rodrigo Santoro.
Earning an impressive 8.5 out of 10, the 49-year-old Brazillian actor played Karl in the 2003 film, the almost, maybe, sort of lover of Sarah, played by Laura Linney.
Rodrigo starred in Love Actually in 2003 (Picture: Universal)
The star had the highest attractiveness rating of all his pairs (Picture: Patricia J. Garcinuno/Getty Images,)
Outshone by his co-stars Hugh and Alan Rickman in the film, he may have been overlooked twenty years ago, but time is catching up, and this year, and he’s now one of the UK’s favourite heartthrobs with over over three million searches this year and an IDMb rating of 7.6.
In the years since the film was released, Rodrigo has starred in What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Westworld, as well as the festive animated movie Klaus, in which he voiced the lead role of Jesper Johansson in the Brazillian version of the movie.
In 2016 he wed actress and presenter Mel Fronckowiak and the pair went on to welcome their daughter Nina in 2017.
The UK’s 5 favourite Christmas heartthrob’s
Bruce Willis: With two million social media followers, an 8.2 IDMb film rating, over 55 million searches and a 6.7 attractiveness rating, the star, who played John McClane in Die Hard landed the top spot on the list
Jack Black: With 14 million social media followers, an IDMb film rating of seven, over 42 million searches and a 7.6 attractiveness rating, the star, who played Miles in The Holiday landed second place on the list
Hugh Grant: With 815,000 social media followers, an IDMb film rating of 7.6, over 16 million searches and a 6.2 attractiveness rating, the star, who played The Prime Minister in Love Actually landed third place on the list
Jude Law: With a IDMb film rating of seven, over 12 million searches and an 6.4 attractiveness rating, the star, who played Graham in The Holiday landed fourth place on the list
Rodrigo Santoro: With two million social media followers, an IDMb film rating of 7.6, over 3 million searches and an 8.5 attractiveness rating, the star, who played Karl in Love Actually landed fifth place on the list
Hugh played the Prime Minister in Love Actually (Picture: Peter Mountain/Universal/Dna/Working Title/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)
Other stars who made the list of the UK’s favourite Christmas heartthrobs included Colin Firth and Bill Nighy who weren’t far behind the top contender.
Colin, 64, who starred as Jamie in Love Actually and Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary, had an attractiveness rating of 6.6 for the former and 6.7 for the latter, and over five million searches for both.
While Bill who famously played the role of musician Billy Mack in Love Actually, received 5.7 on the attractiveness scale and over two million searches.
We don’t know about you, but all this list is telling us to do is binge Love Actually, The Holiday and Bridget Jones’s Diary this weekend.
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