It may seem counterintuitive, but many famous actors and larger-than-life personalities are actually very shy. One of these admittedly reserved celebrities is Jessica Chastain, who confessed that she suffers from stage fright.

Looks are not important for an actor, so much as they are important to get cast in projects that pay what film, tv and professional theater do. Most people look neither here nor there on film, but casting agents want either a “here” or a “there”. This means people with the looks for either a character or leading role.

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1. No 1 – Jamie Dornan. At the top spot for us at Heart it has to be the original Mr Grey.
2. No 2 – Idris Elba. Idris Elba smoulders on the cover of Maxim magazine.
3. No 3 – Henry Cavill.
4. No 4 – David Beckham.
5. No 5 – Ryan Gosling.
6. No 6 – Ryan Reynolds.
7. No 7 – Bradley Cooper.
8. No 8 – Jake Gyllenhaal.

In fact, shy celebrities aren’t exactly rare….But oh, he has been — and so have all of these other celebs.

• Lady Gaga.
• Justin Bieber.
• Ed Sheeran.
• Idina Menzel.
• Miley Cyrus.
• Selena Gomez.
• Kanye West.
• Jessica Simpson.

Actors themselves, as well as their close peers, described them as high in narcissistic admiration but low in rivalry, the researchers said. These findings suggest that “narcissists may indeed use the stage as a platform for boosting their egos,” Dufner and his colleagues wrote.

Another study from 2016 from the University of Adelaide found that actors were highly vulnerable to anxiety and depression.

Researchers in the US have confirmed the link between creative genius and mental illness. Their new study shows that highly creative artists have temperaments more akin to manic depressives than to the general public.