When looking for a gif of Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law dancing as Holmes and Watson I fell down one hell of a rabbit hole.
First off I learned that if you want homoerotic tension you went to the right guys because you got an actual bi man who famously paired up with Spider-Man in a not so parental way ifyaknowwhatImean
And a guy who spent a good chunk of his early career playing dangerous twinks who ruin menās lives because heās too pretty.
And that made me realize that Jude Law is the most literal male translation of the ādangerous seductressā Iāve ever seen. Sort of how Chris Hemsworth is the best in business at playing the male version of a ādumb blondā
Hemsworthās dumb blondes know they look good and that people tend to let them have their way because of it, but they donāt know how to use their good looks to manipulate others and are always in danger of being taken advantage of by people who desire them.
Not Jude Lawās characters. They know they look good, they know how to weaponize it and loudly signals āobjectify me at your own riskā
Even in A.I. where he plays a literal sex toy/robot prostitute, who is programmed to not be able to defend himself and has no say in how he is used, he still manages to conspire against humans in the most passive way possible āThey want to fuck me but they also hate me because they know robots will outlive humansā
His characters even get to experience the downsides of being a ādangerous seductressā that are usually reserved for women. In Mr. Ripley he gets murdered because how dare he lead people on and not put out? It was totally his own fault for being a sexy asshole.
And in The Young Pope he can hardly move a finger without everybody objectifying him despite him being asexual and the goddamn pope, and despite sometimes using it to his advantage he has also turned rather cold and cruel partly because of it. Itās no wonder that itās a common trait for a lot of these characters that they recent the people who are attracted to them.
And I have noticed a trend. Straight male directors seem to hire beefcakes like Hemsworth when they need a character they think women should be attracted to, but hire Jude Law when they want an actor with a more androgynous aura theyād personally be willing fuck. He doesnāt get those roles quite as often anymore though as he has gotten older and less feminine to look at.
But anyway, Downey Jr. and Law, what a combo. The bi disaster and the twink who lost the good will of his patrons because heās pushing 50. Quite the match.
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