the boy in about a boy

do you guys remember that boy in the movie About A Boy with hugh grant?
his name was marcus and he was short and chubby and adorably cute.


i remember watching this movie on dvd and loved it sooo much! i even cried when marcus had to go up and sing for his mum at his school and everyone laughed at him but then hugh grant came out with his guitar and accompanied marcus. lol.
i also love hugh grant! i swear its the accent.



well anyway, i've been watching this series called Skins on dvd. its airs on the SBS, i don't know when, but Dymocks is selling their dvd so i assume it airs on there.
the show is actually really good. it follows a group of teenagers who get stoned, drunk, have sex and all the while still pass their A-levels.
each episode is about each character and you get to see how fucked up some peoples lives are. sounds lame, but its true. you just don't really think about all the things that could happen to teenagers ie. in their family life.

cast of Skins

anyway

aside from the show being highly entertaining causing me to fall ridiculously behind in uni, the main character Tony, the leader of the gang is SO HOT.
i didn't recognise him at all, but my work friend told me that he was the boy from About a Boy.
i really couldn't believe it. i never thought marcus would grow up to be so damn handsome

from this-

to this!

he's the one on the RIGHT

it also doesn't help that the character he plays is intelligent, confident and a playboy lol.

he also SINGS.
there is this episode of when he sings in the choir as a duet and he has his hair slicked back and basically serenades this girl while his own girlfriend is in the audience. i nearly fell in love with him right there.
he's a real bastard in the show though. but i think that just adds to his charm haha.

i'm completely smitten by him. its such a shame he's a year younger than me.