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Paul Rudd named 'sexiest man alive' by People magazine

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Paul Rudd is PEOPLE&#x27;s 2021 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SexiestManAlive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SexiestManAlive</a>! 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/aweOKYwclx">https://t.co/aweOKYwclx</a> <a href="https://t.co/PPxEaZo6Ty">pic.twitter.com/PPxEaZo6Ty</a></p>— People (@people) <a href="https://twitter.com/people/status/1458302545642786817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2021</a></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>Paul Rudd, the affable actor best known for playing Ant-Man, was named People magazine&#x27;s sexiest man alive on Wednesday, joining the likes of Idris Elba, George Clooney and Bradley Cooper.</p><p>Rudd, 52, seemed taken aback at the honor, as was his wife.</p><p>&quot;I do have an awareness, enough to know that when people hear that I&#x27;d be picked for this, they would say, &#x27;What?&#x27;&quot; he told People in a cover story for the magazine.</p><p>&quot;She was stupefied,&quot; he said of the reaction of Julie, his wife of 18 years. &quot;After some giggling and shock, she said, &#x27;Oh, they got it right.&#x27; And that was very sweet.&quot;</p><p>Rudd&#x27;s career stretches back 30 years. He played the kind boyfriend of Lisa Kudrow&#x27;s wacky Phoebe on TV comedy &quot;Friends&quot; and later took larger roles in comedies like &quot;Knocked Up&quot; before playing Ant-Man in the Marvel superhero movie &quot;Captain America: Civil War&quot; and later seeing his character get his own film.</p><p>Rudd, who has two children, will next appear in &quot;Ghostbusters: Afterlife&quot; and in the TV series &quot;The Shrink Next Door.&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_ua10EMbSg?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Actor Michael B. Jordan was last year&#x27;s sexiest man alive pick, following John Legend and Idris Elba in 2019 and 2018.</p><p>Rudd joked that he expects his life to change radically now he has been awarded the annual title.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m hoping now that I&#x27;ll finally be invited to some of those sexy dinners with Clooney and Pitt and B Jordan. And I figure I&#x27;ll be on a lot more yachts,&quot; he said.</p><p>The special double issue of People magazine hits U.S. newsstands on Friday.</p><div><strong>FROM OUR ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l3D0CkGBZUY?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Paul Rudd, the affable actor best known for playing Ant-Man, was named People magazine's sexiest man alive, joining the likes of Idris Elba, George Clooney and Bradley Cooper.