Pedro Pascal, Paul Mescal, Paapa Essiedu, Jonathan Bailey, Will Sharpe, Jacob Elordi, Murray Bartlett, Matt Bomer, Nicholas Galitzine, Andrew Scott, Barry Keoghan. What unites these people (apart from being objectified by a female writer in order of preference)? They’re all internet-meltingly famous for being hot.
Yes, yes, to give them their dues, they’re all very talented actors, but right now their cultural currency is up and its down to a heady mix of sexually ambiguous roles – what some might problematically term straight and/or queer-baiting – and a hell of a lot of memes of them in low-cut tops or red carpet shorts, sporting a spattering of moustaches.
