Coolest characters of 2008
Every year, Hollywood throws up a number of colourful personalities we would love to be, know, or emulate in real life. Perhaps the coolest of cool characters are reserved for the likes of Steve McQueen in Bullitt or The Great Escape, Clint Eastwood in his Spaghetti Western persona, or George Clooney or Brad Pitt, in their Ocean’s Eleven guise. But 2008 conjured up several memorable turns. Check out our picks…
Roll your mouse over the left and right-hand sides of the image and then click to view more pictures.
Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera) was the sort of everyman guy who never usually gets the girl. But he runs, plays guitar, is always on hand with a kind word, and mild-mannered. What's not to love about Juno's guy?
1 of 10
Check out our selection of the sexiest actors of 2008 or the sexiest actresses
Recent Galleries:
- No Time To Die - Character Poster Gallery
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Character Poster Gallery
- Little Women (Greta Gerwig) - First-look photo gallery
- Le Mans '66 (Ford V Ferrari) - First-look photos of Matt Damon and Christian Bale
- Downton Abbey - Teaser character posters unveiled for movie
- Avengers: Endgame - Avenge The Fallen Character Poster Gallery
- Spider-Man: Far From Home - New international poster gallery
- Zachary Levi and Mark Strong open world's first super power fun fair in London to celebrate Shazam!
- The Kid Who Would Be King London Photo Call in pictures
- Chris Pratt and Tiffany Haddish open Lego Pop Up Café in London - In photos