For serious actors who happen to be really, ridiculously good looking, their faces can be more of a bane than a blessing. In Ryan Phillippe's case, his good looks meant automatic teen heartthrob status. That's great for landing roles in movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer and Cruel Intentions, and even 54, a movie that was notable for Phillippe showing off his sexy body. This is a bit unfair to Phillippe, who demonstrated that he does indeed have solid acting chops through his appearances in movies like Stop-Loss and Crash.
Despite being a dad in and his early 40s, Phillippe jokes that he still gets mistaken for someone nearly half his age — with some assuming that he's his teenage daughter's older brother rather than her father. Those baby-face looks are a blessing in some ways, but they may make it hard to land more solid roles.
