4. Paul Bettany (AKA Vision)

There are many reasons that Paul Bettany sits high on the lists of 'bad guy actors' when movies are being cast. He has a way of appearing to be sinister without really trying. That isn't a great skill in everyday life, but it's perfect when you're an actor. It means you're never likely to be short of work! He also has a slightly androgynous quality, which made him the ideal person to play the character of Vision in the 'Avengers' movies.

He looks no less terrifying as a woman than he does as a man, but the gender swap reveals how quintessentially British his looks are. There's such a thing as an 'English rose,' and the pale-skinned and blue-eyed female Bettany fits the bill perfectly. We're getting a sense of a young Joanna Lumley from looking at that picture, and a hint of Tilda Swinton too. We think the most accurate one-word description would be 'willowy.'

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