Julia Roberts Dishes on 10 of Her Favorite Leading Men

Before she tangled (and tumbled) with Clive Owen in ''Duplicity,'' she went toe-to-toe with some of Hollywood's best. Her thoughts on George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson, and more

By Karen Valby Updated March 11, 2009 at 11:00 PM EDT

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The Pelican Brief (1993)

Sadly, this environmental/legal thriller (based on a John Grisham novel) isn't about an unorthodox firm made up of diploma-wielding pelicans. Julia Roberts (as a law student) and Denzel Washington (as a reporter) are pretty good second choices, we guess.

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