My Top Five Man Crushes

My 5 top man-crushes: do I need explain any more? I love the ladies, but there are some men who leave me nothing but a giggling mess. Here are the top five (all are ranked in their prime, as I'm pretty sure at least two are now dead) 

5. Gregory Peck 

A great actor, a handsome dude, and a selfless human being. A long time supporter of various rights, when it would have been easier for him to have just complained about there being a handsome man in his mirror. Here he is, trying not to scowl at that awful woman in the interminable 'Roman Holiday.'

Also, was in some good movies, not least of all ‘The Omen’ and the original ‘Cape Fear’ and everyone's favourite movie about racism where the black guy still goes to jail but the white guys feel good about themselves, To Kill A Mockingbird. A good choice for a man-crush. Crush Factor ***

4. John Eales 

A truly great bloke. Tall and handsome, and one of very few men on earth to win two rugby world cups. Here he is with one, complete with exhausted smile.

A great Wallaby leader, kicker and smart too. This last fact is especially amazing when you consider he is from Queensland, a state famed for its hatred of knowledge. A strident advocate for equality, he was also a staunch supporter in favour of removing the Monarchy in Australia (which failed) and continues to write great rugby-related articles for websites such as the SMH. - Crush Factor *** 1/2

3. Dwight Howard 

From watching NBA matches, and listening to the commentary, it appears that I’m not the only man to harbour a crush on this gigantic adonis. Each sentence used to describe him seems to be more homo-erotic than the last, and why not? He is a seven-foot-tall-chocolate-god. What is also fun is that he is a 'devout Christian,' which in America means 'homophobic', so he would hate being part of this list, despite posing in pictures like this:

From the 'hand on hip + blue arm warmer' series

A good, although not yet a great player, he is impressive a rebounder as he is a physical specimen. N.B. That may be the gayest sentence I’ve written so far, and I’m only up to number three. - Crush Factor ****

2. Toshiro Mifune 

A powerful actor, and a much under-rated one too, appearing in not only some of the best Japanese movies of all time but some of the best movies of all time. Famous (rightly) for his Kurosawa Samurai movies, he was also a serious actor in contemporary movies, such as they 'High and Low,' 'I Live in Fear' and 'Drunken Angel.'

From the 'scowling in side profile' series.

These are only his Kurosawa movies, he was in 'Battle in the Pacific,' the Samurai Trilogy and showcased his comic skills in 'The Rickshaw Man'. However, I admit it's best to forget Steven Spielberg's '1941.' A good looking bloke also; awful as it is to say, the woman in Rashomon traded up when she was (possibly) seduce-raped by him. Crush Factor - ****1/2 

1. Radike Samo 

Absolutely number one. Not only a massive beast, with excellent hair, but he’s incredibly quick, the only Australian to win a Super competition with two different teams, and the oldest ever person to pull on a Wallabies jumper (professionally). Despite being nearly forty, do you think you could take him?

To top it all off, he seems, by all accounts, to be a consummate professional, and a top bloke; I’m just gonna say this, but I’d let him have me. Crush Factor - ***** (teenage girl at Twilight premier level)

Bubbling under: Johnny Depp, who would be here, but isn’t ageing well; The guy from ‘The Man who stole the sun’; Drew Mitchell; Imran Khan; That guy from Trick the movie 2.  

Sober conclusion: not only gay, but mega-gay (or megay) into tall men, and definitely not a racist!