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Ben Whishaw Is So Ugly!


I'm sorry, but everything about this film is perfect except for his inclusion. Sure, he looks like John Keats, but he's like a mousy little kid next to the stunning Abbie Cornish. Why is he being paired up with these beautiful, curvy women? First Bright Star, then The Hour with Romola Garai. The man looks like a boy!

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Ben is hardly ugly. I think you've forgotten that Keats had tb thus the reason a small male was needed for this role as Keats would have been extremely sickly during this particular time period.

I'll tell you in another life when we are both cats.

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Really? i thought it was the opposite: He was sooo hot and perfect and she just wasn't good enough for him.

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He's incredibly beautiful. Delicate and pretty, like a flower. Lets not forget that he was supposedly dying of TB at the time. He was going to be small and pale and frail and the contrast between him and the healthy looking Fanny Braun was all the more defined because of it.

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Ben Whishaw is stunning, beautiful, and a remarkable actor.

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Someone needs an eye test!!

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Sure, he looks like John Keats ...
You said it yourself, besides the fact that he is a fine actor.🐭

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