Who was your celebrity crush when you were young? (lemmy.world)

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[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The painfully obvious: Jennifer Connelly.

First saw her in Labyrinth when I was like 12, and she awoke something in me, and that continued when I saw The Rocketeer when my parents rented them from Blockbuster. Later when I was a little older she solidified that awakening when I saw Career Opportunities rented from Blockbuster myself once old enough to have my own account.

[-] MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al 23 points 2 weeks ago

Gilbert Gottfried.

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 13 points 2 weeks ago

Only correct answer.

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[-] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 21 points 2 weeks ago

Winona Ryder

[-] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

Heathers changed my world in more ways than one.

[-] thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 weeks ago

Alyssa Milano. She could have been my boss.

[-] Dantpool@kbin.melroy.org 13 points 2 weeks ago

Christina Ricci

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ricci circa Buffalo 66 was peak. Then she got all Hollywood skinny and she lost all appeal to me.

[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Alyssa Milano
Yvonne Craig
Eartha Kitt
Julie Newmar

[-] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Eliza Dushku

Morgan Webb

[-] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

From g4tv? Damn. Also, same.

[-] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yup

[-] flabbergast@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Erin Gray from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century!

[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Oh man! Erin Grey in Buck Rogers… Still has an effect!

[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

God yes

[-] ZuliSil@startrek.website 11 points 2 weeks ago

Leonard Nimoy as Spock

[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

Lead woman in the last movie I saw.

Maybe the most consistent was Hermione Granger, I say Hermione instead of Emma Watson bc I never saw her as anything else and had a crush on the book character too.

The other option might be Anna Kendrick.

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Jessica Rabbit

[-] Retreaux@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Mine was seeing Cameron Diaz in the Mask when I was like 6. Her walking into that bank for the first time completely changed me.

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 9 points 2 weeks ago

Diana Rigg, but only because I was a big Bond nerd in high school.

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Catherine Bach from Dukes of Hazard 1979-1985

[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh man, yeah. One of mine for sure.

[-] proudblond@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Heath Ledger

[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 9 points 2 weeks ago

Delores O'Riorden.

Watching her dance under a waterfall covered in gold paint for the music video for Zombie really did it for child me apparently.

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Paul Rudd circa Clueless

[-] ryan213@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

Erika Eleniak and Tiffany Amber Thiessen.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Jennifer Connelly in The Rocketeer

[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Giving away my age a bit but Jane Fonda.

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[-] Acamon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Danielle Fischel and Rider Strong (Topanga and Shawn from Boy Meets World). Trying to understand how I could be attracted to both led to some important realisations as a young teen...

[-] OceanSoap@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Jonathan Taylor Thomas.

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Anyone remember: Kristy McNichol?

My boyhood dream.

[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think my first was Linda Carter.

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[-] klemptor@startrek.website 5 points 2 weeks ago

Hudson Leick (Calisto on Xena)
David Yost (Billy on MMPR)
Toni Braxton (that Unbreak My Heart video? Come on!)
Tyson Beckford (speaking of that video!)
John Henson (Talk Soup)
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen
Siddig El Fadil
And of course Terry Farrell

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

Scott Baio in the Happy Days era.

[-] dunz@feddit.nu 5 points 2 weeks ago

Christina Ricci

[-] bunkyprewster@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Candice Bergen I'm the Wind and the Lion

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago

Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown. I think halfway I wanted her and halfway I wanted to be her.

[-] NeedyPlatter@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Ruby Rose

[-] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Astronema from Power Rangers IN SPACE, followed by Shirley Manson, the lead singer of Garbage. 😁

[-] Nikls94@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Happy to be the first one to say Avril Lavegne

[-] Zenith@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Tim Curry lol

[-] ianfraserkrillmaster@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

yep

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago

Janeane Garofalo circa Reality Bites.

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[-] nibble4bits@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Tracey Gold

[-] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Man.....what 12 year old me would have given to explore Alex Mack's secret world....

[-] ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Eddie Vedder circa Ten. Sigh…

[-] ianfraserkrillmaster@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Lilu Multipass & Ruby Rhod

[-] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Linda Hamilton circa Beauty and the Beast

Michelle Pfeiffer circa Ladyhawke

[-] dennisnedry@feddit.nu 3 points 2 weeks ago

Helen Hunt

[-] Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Queen Latifah in Chicago

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