Male Sex Symbols Throughout History • The Try Guys

- Let's make a sex symbol. (laughs) I'm going to put this in there. - What people think makes a man sexy has changed a lot in the last 100 years. - We are going to be recreating photographs of the most revolutionary

male

sex

symbols

, - Throughout

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. - But there are only four of us, so we'll get a little help from some of our friends. - Sex

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, you're looking at one. - No well, you will be, because that's what we're doing today. -I mean, I guess my great-grandmother might have thought she was passionate, but she died. I will be recreating Rudolph Valentino. "Who is that?" You ask.

Well me too. He is a movie star from the 1920s and is the original Latin Lover. He played an Arab main character because, as an Italian-American, he was the exotic one. The most popular

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sexual icon was receiving all this criticism for being effeminate. He was just beautiful all around. I feel like this is a topic we'll look at later. People are afraid of what is too sexy. I'm not supposed to be talking, right? - No, you're a silent movie star. (swing music) He didn't even open his mouth and there were 100,000 people at his funeral. Would that happen today if Justin Bieber died?

You could get 100,000 likes on a photo of RIP Bieber. I still have to live up to it. -Then he was so adored that Hitler wanted him as a pet. Which, I suppose, I would take as a compliment. I am delighted to play the King of Hollywood. Especially because he's this kind of old school funny masculine. He is always smiling and winking. Even in "Gone with the Wind" they say, "What do you think, Rhett?" And he says, "I don't know, if we can't defeat the North, we don't have enough guns." He's almost like a proto Clooney, in the sense that he was a silver fox at a very young age.

He's just an old man who has giant ears and a strange cat-like smile. So if I'm going to be a sexy man, I want to be the strangest looking sexy man he can be. Hello, my daughter died on a pony. All these old time actors, they were all soldiers, they were risking their lives. We don't have enough cannons. Today I can't think of anyone. I don't think Channing Tatum is out there. I look like a weirdo by today's standards, but that's okay. I feel sexier than ever. - The real trick is not to wear anything under the trench coat.

That makes it easier to have sex with 1,000 women. I'm going to be Humphrey Bogart. Humphrey is very serious and very stoic. If you look back at the acting in all those old movies, it's very over the top, but he was very grounded. He was good enough of an actor to know that you have to do very little. All these people are talking about how brilliant an actor he was, how he started the Rat Pack, and I was like, "Oh, this is kind of cool." And then you find out that he was also super insecure and was like, "I don't know, am I really a sexual icon?" I think he's very relatable.

I think I'm amazing, but that doesn't mean I think any beautiful woman would swoon over me. I mean, I feel sexier dressed like Humphrey Bogart than before. They're watching you, kid. The trench coat and hat are definitely super sexy. Cigarette, don't smoke. It's not good but he looks very sexy. Well, there is the proof that he is a sexual icon. Your usual Bogeyfest. Look how I make all the money and party with my rapper friends. -There are very few people that my mom has said are attractive. My mom has always said, "Elvis Presley is so beautiful, so talented." Yes, I am very familiar with Elvis' music.

He is one of those artists that even if you are young, someone in your family listens to Elvis. I mean, he's an amazing musician. What really drove that was someone being able to express who they were in a very honest sexual way. It's crazy how revolutionary just being open about your penis can be. Before Elvis you had to be macho and gentlemanly. Elvis just threw it out the window. He just pushed it and let's skip all the dressing and go straight to the salad. Is that a crude analogy I just made? Elvis was opening a lot of different doors, culturally, that led to a lot of the movements that happened in the '60s.

So I really have to move my penis forward. - Basically - Okay. - One two three. - Thank you thank you very much. Thank you, thank you for my penis movement. Especially today when we see so many different artists who can show their bodies in very liberating ways. I think we owe a lot of that to Elvis. I think I put the P in Elvis. Get it? Maisie? Get it? - I understand. - Oh, she understood. (celebratory applause) Wait a minute. Yes. Am I playing Elvis or Cher? Don't know. - It's a bit of both - Thank you, thank you very much. - So I'm going to recreate Sean Connery.

That was terrible. I apologize to everyone watching right now. The best link. I think a certain era of men subscribed to Sean Connery as their symbol of what a man should look like. This masculinity is defined. He's the guy who gets all the girls, he drives nice cars. He has impeccable taste in clothes and can shoot and save the day. If you look like an athlete, people assume you don't have that sense of class. So instead of just being this kind of brooding tough guy, they gave him this air of sophistication and intelligence. I feel sexy right now.

Hello Moneypenny Shaken, not stirred. The sexiest man of the century. He shares your secrets please, of the century? I don't even know how you can compete with that. I'm done, I'm done. What else is there. You're the man now, Dog. -Of all the photos we are taking today, this is the most Try Guys photo, so I feel honored to... I was going to say put on his clothes, but I don't, I'm taking off my clothes. I'm recreating the infamous nude Burt Reynolds photo. When you think of Burt Reynolds, you think of stash, you think of body hair.

It's very sexy. (groans) This was the first time a man appeared naked in a major magazine. After this photo was published, Reynolds became a star overnight. Women lined up outside his apartment. I have taken so many nude photos and none of them have catapulted me. In a way, he validated female sexuality because, guess what, women like to look at naked men too. And then Burt Reynolds said, "Hey, ladies, check me out." So today I'll let you all check me out. (moans)-he just had tons and tons of sex. - I know what that is, let's do it.

He seems to be having a great time. He's just naked, he's laughing, he's on a naked rug. He is hilarious. - Eugene, is there a reason you're not wearing a shirt? - You know, we are friends. - Is everyone slowly taking off their clothes? - They just became the weirdest historical porn of all time, right? There's only one person who's supposed to take off their clothes and feel like you

guys

are stealing my spotlight. Hello. - The mustache is doing something different. - Do you think the mustache is good? Oh I'm sorry. There are a lot of hairy

guys

out there, and I appreciate that there was at least one of these sex symbols who made it really cool and okay for you to embrace your natural body hair.

I understand why he was drunk about this. This angle is wide. - Don't worry, Zach, trust us. - The idea of ​​playing 27 instruments, I can barely speak English. Today I have the honor of recreating an image of Prince. While he was growing up, Prince was always someone who intimidated me because maybe I saw a lot of myself in Prince. I think he crossed all the barriers that exist musically. I think it takes a unique, very creative, one-of-a-kind, one-in-a-million mind to be able to cross so many different musical worlds. For me androgynous is something that has always scared me.

I guess I had to prove the fact that he was a man, instead of embracing all the feminine qualities above me. Prince accepted himself and loved himself. Let's do this. - I don't think there has been anyone who has exuded as much sensuality as him. - I'm surprised but beautiful. - Yes beautiful. - I'm using muscles I never knew I had. In this world we live in now, and it's such a beautiful world to be able to wear lipstick or painted nails and feel accepted. And I love it. - Titanic Leo too, like, wow. That guy says, "You saw it and wow." This boy looks 15 years old but he is sexy.

I love Leo. Are you going to mention that he was in "Growing Pains"? Because that's where I remember seeing it for the first time. First of all, the name Leonardo DiCaprio, come on. Crazy confused because they're still speaking in Shakespeare. Can you imagine being a barista and calling yourself Leonardo DiCaprio? In Gatsby they like to remake it. That gif, oh my god. About Quaaludes and stuff. The Reverend, is that his name? Was Leo behind or ahead? Why do I imagine him in front like this doing it and Rose holding him? I think the closest thing to Leo in recent memory is Justin Bieber or One Direction, but I think even Leo then owned the '90s.

Girls would like to have binders and they would be like cutouts of him in magazines. The girls' bedrooms would be adorned with Leo. I'm excited about Leo's bangs. I hope he sees this and I hope we kick it together on a yacht. - Maybe you'll turn around and look at me. One two three. (clicks) - Oh, look how cool. I definitely feel great. He is very attractive, he cares a lot about the environment and he is a great actor. Well, what's weird? Is he a vampire? Have we ever thought about that? Will I get my Oscar now or will I have to wait 20 years?

He won an Oscar for...-The Revenant. - Reborn. - Not the reverend. - Not the reverend. - It would make shitty tattoos look cool, and that's how you know you're really sexy. David Beckham has created a life that as a child you would write with crayons. He was kind of a sex symbol for sports before that became a thing. My family really likes football and even so my little brothers made reference to him and some of the movements he did. He was a man-child, and really very good at what he did. That idea that a man might be more interested in style and fashion, especially a straight man, was kind of a new concept.

Especially in the early 2000s. He kind of did the rebellious thing, but then he evolved into being a father and husband, which is going well for him. I think there was something really new that allowed me to see his path and continue. Him defining this idea of ​​being metrosexual set a standard for what men should be now. He chose some confidence in his sexuality. Now I feel like it's a much more common place. It's interesting because the only thing that ties together what people consider sexy in men is confidence. Body types change, hairstyles change, but there is a certain natural confidence that is always in style. (empowering music) - It's crazy to see how much the idea of ​​what makes a man sexy has changed in the last 100 years, between all the photos we've taken today.

I'm just curious to see where he goes in the next 50 years. Internet is forever, huh? - Yes, excellent. - Cut. (electronic beat) - It's very shiny - Wow, it's incredible. (laughter)