Colin Firth Voted Sexiest Onscreen Heartthrob Ahead of Ryan Gosling

8 May 2013

If you’re a Ryan Gosling fan (and believe us, we are!) you may be slightly disappointed that he has lost out to the handsome Colin Firth when it comes to the sexiest heartthrob in a book to screen adaptation.

Odeon took a look into who our major crushes are on the big screen and found that Colin Firth firmly won us over when he played the stubborn yet alluring Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary.

When talking about book to screen adaptations it’s hard to dismiss The Notebook and the public didn’t as they voted Ryan Gosling the second sexiest due to his portrayal of Noah.

One of the biggest books turned film has to be The Twilight Saga, so it’s no wonder that fans of the books and films voted Robert Pattinson in at number three.

When it came to be best book to film love story, men and women had very different opinions.

Men favoured the love story between Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley from the Harry Potter films.

Women, on the other hand, preferred the erratic, romantic love story between Bridget Jones and Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary.

We may have more heartthrobs and love stories to choose from this time next year as The Great Gatsby will be hitting our screens very soon, starring the lovely Leonardo DiCaprio as well as Carey Mulligan.

Odeon found that many people did not know that The Great Gatsby was a book before Baz Luhrmann decided to bring it to the big screen.

Rupert Gavin, CEO ODEON, said, “Books have always been a source of inspiration for screenwriters and directors, so it’s no surprise these become blockbuster hits.

“At the time, The Great Gatsby was considered to be ground-breaking and with Baz Luhrmann’s inventive use of 3D and music, his interpretation of the 'classic' is likely to be considered ground-breaking too.

“We’re tipping this to be a roaring success and look forward to welcoming guests through our doors to enjoy his interpretation on our fully digital 3D enabled screens.”