Who was better-looking in his prime: Nicolas Cage or Sean Penn?

Thank you for making that distinction, OP; otherwise, we wouldn't have known who was who.

Should have been a poll

Nicolas Cage, but quite a margin. He had such dreamy eyes and luscious lips.

He did not age well, however.

Both ugly.

NEXT!

Shouldn't you have added Condoleeza Rice among the choices?

John Leguizamo!

R3, what do you think of Cage's nose?

I’ve always had the hots for Nicholas Cage. His super-hairy chest is just the cherry on top!

Cage by a mile, then and now.

He was at his sexiest and his best built in Red Rock West.

Puking as I type.

Cage

Those are both nepotism faces

Cage is derpy looking and always has been. Young Penn looks like my first boyfriend, so he wins imo.

Cage. And he has aged better too.

Penn

Better looking than what?

I loved Cage’s beautiful hairy chest

"How he got his start'??

He's Francis Ford Coppola's fucking nephew! That's how he got his start!

They both embodied raw male energy that was *dangerous*, so what’s not to love? They were both stallions who could never be tamed, when I was young it was great. They were both smoldering, hotness, and were surely incredible in bed. I was attracted to Nic because he was unpredictable, while Sean was sexy for his passion and even his rage.

Tied

Penn smoldered. He also had a killer body. He was total fire in At Close Range

R24 And in "Colors"

This is a tough one. Cage will always be Randy -the hot punk rocker from the wrong side of the tracks to me. But Penn also looked tasty AF in the 80s-early 90s.

This is Penn in 2022, and he could STILL get it.

Charlie Sheen

I just saw preview with Penn in them for the new PT Anderson movie, and he's in fantastic shape. He has very very low body fat, which is pretty hard for a guy his age. His face does look old,. though, and his hair is very silver.

I'm sure he could get it in Palm Springs with the elderly crowd, and maybe also with some younger people who want muscledaddies. And I'm sure because of his celebrity he's vulnerable to fortune hunters, despite his infamy as a physically abusive partner.

Sean Penn looks like a cigarette butt on the sidewalk smells.

Penn has always looked like trailer trash to me, which also explains why he's an angry abuser.

When did they both look their best?

I think Penn's looks lasted longer. He looked good in his early forties, while Cage had pretty much lost his looks by then.

[Quote]Sean Penn looks like a cigarette butt on the sidewalk smells.

And Cage always looked like he needed a good scrub. As the critic John Simon said of him 'Cage should be his address not his name'

Emilio Estevez

Penn by a mile.

Penn was sexier. Cage is not a sexy man.

R36, why not sexy?

R37 he is goofy and awkward. Doesn’t move with confidence and not handsome.

Cage might have been stealth sexy but Penn was more throw you around the room sexy.

Penn was more charismatic and a better actor, in my opinion.

Tell me about it R39!

In their prime, Penn was less ugly than Cage. Currently... the tables have been turned.

[quote] Cage is derpy looking

What the fuck does that mean, R14?

Both were pretty ugly, but Cage was the best looking.

Nicolas Cage was fucking sexy in Valley Girl.

And that was the extent of it.

OMG Valley Girl!

Neither one would turn heads on a street.

In a world with Matt Dillon, who cared abut these two dolts?