Never Say Die: 17 Beloved Pop-Culture Immortals
From the Buffyverse's Angel and Spike to sexy ''Lord of the Rings'' elf Legolas, we pledge undying admiration for these characters who can take a lickin' but will just keep on tickin'
By Erin E. Stevenson Updated July 01, 2008 at 11:00 PM EDT
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Angel, David Boreanaz, ...
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Highlander, Christopher Lambert
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Orlando Bloom, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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Tilda Swinton, Orlando
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11. Laurence Olivier in Clash of the Titans (1981)
Laurence Olivier, Clash of the Titans | It had to suck to be Laurence Olivier. Sure, you're one of the world's greatest actors. But the catch-22 is that you can't just say
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It had to suck to be Laurence Olivier. Sure, you're one of the world's greatest actors. But the catch-22 is that you can't just say ''Screw it, I'm gonna cut loose, throw on a toga, and ham it up as Zeus.'' Or can you? Olivier lets his Athenian freak flag fly as the original god father. While Harry Hamlin undergoes the trials of Perseus, Olivier kicks back on Mount Olympus making googly eyes at Ursula Andress' Aphrodite.
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John Delancie
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Keanu Reeves, The Matrix Reloaded
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Peter Pan
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William Sadler
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Doug Bradley
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Dogma, Alanis Morissette
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