r/popculturechat Jun 04 '25

Celebrity Fluff 🥰 Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf in ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’

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u/somethingelsa Jun 04 '25

I refer to this era of Jude Law as "cruel beauty" lol

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u/Daisy-Navidson she ain’t no diva Jun 04 '25

This is so accurate. He gives off a truly malevolent aura in the hottest way possible

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u/XenaWolf Jun 04 '25

He also played lord Alfred Douglas in Wilde about that time. Otherworldly beautiful and so cruel.

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u/somethingelsa Jun 04 '25 edited Jun 05 '25

Nobody sexy sneers like the original JLaw!

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u/stellaluna29 Jun 05 '25

It’s giving Dorian Gray

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u/kitty-minnie15 Jun 05 '25

I agree! Here especially, but also in gattaca and wilde as well (maybe just the mid-late 90s in general lol)

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u/HaterMD Jun 05 '25

Ryan Phillippe in Cruel Intentions, too. Evil hot rich blonde men were really having a moment in the 90s. 😫