Max Irons.

We've decided to include a One To Watch category on this blog for those actors who haven't got a huge back catalogue, but who we definitely want to see more of. So instead of praising their talents, we're just going to appreciate them as the eye candy that they are.

The first in this category is Max Irons.

We first saw him on a One to Watch list years ago when his greatest claims to fame were his father, Jeremy Irons, and his career as a Burberry model. Jeremy Irons made a cartoon lion sexy in The Lion King  so it's hardly surprising that it is hereditary. As for the modelling he fits the Burberry stereotype perfectly- posh, multi-talented and strikingly handsome.

Since then he has appeared in a number of films. He cracked Hollywood with his turn in The Host and Red Riding Hood and is currently on our screens as the charming, passionate and intense Edward VI in The White Queen.
However we feel he earns his right to be on Illustrated Eye Candy because it was his appearance in Dorian Gray that really caught our eye. He can't have been on the screen for more than a minute but we waited till the credits to see just who that possessor of God-given bone-structure was.

And god-like is the way we like to describe him. With his small eyes, pout and unbelievably sexy voice we feel that he's one to watch purely because there is no way someone like him could be ignored.

So... who drew it better?

Christopher Walken.

We thought that a bit of appreciation should be given to some actors from the older generation, and which golden oldie is better than Christopher Walken. Everyone has seen him in a film (or at least a certain music video with Fatboy Slim), and his hair is as recognisable as his voice. A perfect example that they just don’t make them like they used to anymore…

We first saw Mr Walken in Catch Me If You Can as Leonardo DiCaprio’s (sigh…) struggling father. His “There were two mice” speech is iconic and his father-to-son talk in the pub is heart-breaking; a performance that won him a Bafta and had him nominated for an Oscar. But that's the thing about Walken, he pops up in films and says a few speeches in his usual voice and manner, and it just works. Always has done and always will do. In Pulp Fiction he appears for one short scene yet his is one of the most remembered characters from that film, and the story he tells about the watch is noted as one of Walken's best. 

But of course, when he was younger he was able to prove that his acting skills were good enough to support a film in the leading role. In the Deerhunter he's graceful and tormented; he's a serious actor who carries the film amazingly. And man is the Russian Roulette scene good!

And now, a little bit of admiration for his voice. Like Michael Caine and Sean Connery, Christopher Walken has a voice that never changes in films and as a result is instantly recognisable. It is as much a part of him and his acting as his mannerisms and the way he holds himself (he trained as a dancer so there's always something very graceful about him). And it's because of this that his speeches are so famous. 

Because he's been around so long we decided that one of us should draw a picture of him young, and the other of him now: