Reed Richards' special day
GayGamer.net gives a big birthday shout-out to prettyboy Ioan Gruffudd (a Welsh name with the unlikely pronunciation “YO-an GRIFF-ith”), who turns 33 girlish years young today! Of course, most of us know Ioan from his performances as Reed Richards in the film and videogame Fantastic Four, a role he’ll reprise in 2007 with the release of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, or perhaps from his guest spot on Justice League as Mr. Miracle. But Ioan’s had an even longer, more illustrious career on the other side of the pond, starring in Pobol y Cwm (the longest-running soap opera on the BBC), the critically acclaimed film Wilde, and as Horatio Hornblower on the TV series, Hornblower. (In fact, if you want to get a look at Mr. Gruffudd’s, er, talent, you might check out the third clip from the “Mutiny” episode, which is available for download on Ioan’s website.)
So, in honor of the wispy Welshman that makes women swoon and men want to shave their chests, here’s a little film clip that Ioan might want to forget, from a series called Very Annie Mary, which might just be the gayest title of anything ever. The clip and the show also feature Rachel Griffiths—who, thankfully, spells her last name in the appropriate manner and who also made gay hearts flutter in her performance on Six Feet Under. Enjoy, Mary.
P.S. You might wanna take a look at that clip before the Bush Administration and certain members of Congress start pushing to pull the plug on YouTube altogether—which would, coincidentally, be a perfect distraction from the current embarrassment of Foley-gate. Nothing’s happened yet, but I’m sure someone’s gonna suggest it….
