Pierce Brosnan beats Robert Pattinson in a battle of the heartthrobs

An RPatz-Irish 007 showdown

He’s also played Robinson Crusoe (“Robinson Crusoe”), King Arthur (“Quest for Camelot”), an ABBA-singing hunk (“Mamma Mia!”) and a rich and successful playboy (“The Thomas Crown Affair”).

Either way, Bond beats vampire any day.

WINNER: Brosnan

Other talents

Apart from acting, Pattinson is a talented musician, proficient at both the guitar and the piano. He knows how to scuba dive, and is great at darts.

Brosnan has the business angle covered, owning his own production company, Irish DreamTime, is a fisherman and is a fire eater (he performed this in the circus at a young age, and resurrected his talent in an episode of “Remington Steele”).

So normally, fire eating, being randomly amazing, would trump all, but having seen Brosnan’s cringe-inducing song and dance act in “Mamma Mia!”, I’m going to give this one to the softer-on-the-ears Pattinson.

WINNER: Pattinson

Sex appeal

Yes, this is a subjective category, but there are hard facts to draw upon:

In 2001, Brosnan was chosen as People’s Sexiest Man Alive. In 2008, Pattinson was named “Entertainment Tonight’s” Top Hunk and Yahoo’s Top Movie Heartthrob. Now, as mentioned, he’s Vanity Fair’s Most Handsome Man.

People’s title is still a bit more prestigious than the ones earned by Pattinson.

RPatz was a one-time model, but the dapper Brosnan clearly showers more often than the messy “Twilight” star, and Pierce doesn’t look like an “old Irish alcoholic,” as Pattinson accurately describes his appearance.

WINNER: Brosnan

Intelligence

Both actors have some smarts – they’ve made it in a tough biz, and have both proven to be articulate, competent individuals in interviews.

But Brosnan has two Honorary Doctorates to his name, from the Dublin Institute of Technology and the University College Cork.

When he was around Pattinson’s age, the Irish actor graduated from the prestigious MA program at the Drama Center in London, England.

Granted, Pattinson is young yet, but Brosnan takes the cake in this category.

WINNER: Brosnan

Sense of humor

Pattinson has delivered up some gems, including the following:

“Up until I was 12 my sisters used to dress me up as a girl and introduce me as 'Claudia'! Twelve was a turning point as I moved to a mixed school and then I became cool and discovered hair gel.”

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