Stanley Tucci is embracing his heartthrob status.
The 61-year-old actor, who appears to be in the running to overtake Christopher Meloni’s “zaddy” title, admits he’s a little perplexed to be considered a sex symbol.
“Who goes, ‘I feel terrible about that? People think I’m sexy? How awful,'” the “Devil Wears Prada” star told People. “It’s wonderful. I don’t get it, but I’m very glad.”
In the interview, Emily Blunt, who is the sister of Tucci’s wife, Felicity Blunt, and co-starred with him in “Devil Wears Prada,” sang his praises by saying the actor is “weirdly flexible” with “a leg lift that rivals Jane Fonda’s.”
She added: "He's an all-around renaissance man who knows the way to everyone's hearts. And it's through having a damn good time."
A veteran Hollywood actor, Tucci admits he received a new level of attention after going viral for his cocktail tutorials during pandemic lockdowns.
His first was a Negroni recipe that lit up the quarantine masses in April 2020.
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"It changed my life completely," Tucci said. "All I had to do was be myself."
In addition to his sex symbol status, fans can’t get enough of Tucci on his CNN show, “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” which involves an immersion into the fantastic food of that country.
All of it is icing on the cake after being diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He underwent a 35-day radiation treatment plus seven sessions of chemotherapy and now credits his wife Felicity’s “undying attention, affection and encouragement” for helping him through it.”
Tucci is now cancer-free and taking in all the well-deserved fan appreciation.
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