The co-star Jeff Goldblum called a sex god: “I sit at his feet”
Jeff Goldblum is one of the most recognisable people on the planet, and it’s not just his eccentric fashion sense that draws the eye but he is also tall, gangly, with a unique face that makes him perfect for a profession that involves a lot of people staring at you.
He isn’t what you’d conventionally call a ‘hunk’ or a ‘heartthrob’, but in spite of all the odds, he has become a very unlikely sex symbol.
As anyone who has seen Jurassic Park will know, Goldblum is hot, where, as Dr Ian Malcolm, a role he very nearly missed out on, he stunned viewers with his leather-clad allure. The impact of his sensuality is so great that a 25ft statue of the star in his trademark pose was erected in London to celebrate 25 years of the classic film, but it wasn’t the only thing that was erected that day…
Unfortunately, a time comes when younger, sexier people come along and threaten to take Goldblum’s crown, and one of his biggest rivals in years has been one of his recent co-stars, Jonathan Bailey, who has gone from strength to strength since his breakout role in Bridgerton.
As Fiyero in Wicked, which also stars Goldblum as the Wizard of Oz, he set Hollywood ablaze and sent viewers of all kinds into a flurry of unexplainable feelings. He even came from Goldblum on his home turf, with his ‘slutty little glasses’ easily the highlight of Jurassic World Rebirth.
When asked what the older stud feels about this young gun taking his baton, he modestly told the Radio Times, “I never had the baton. My humility doesn’t allow me to accept that. Possibly, I may be to some people’s taste, but I sit at his feet; he’s a sex god. I have no competition with Jonathan Bailey at all, or anybody for that matter.”
To give him credit, you’d have to have a heart of stone to wish any ill will on little Johnny, as Bailey seems like a properly nice chap. He seems to be genuinely taken aback by his newfound pin-up status, which was solidified when he became the first openly gay man to win People magazine’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ gong in 2025, showing his true colours when he acted admirably during an interview with Superman star David Corenswet, who made a bizarre comment about Bailey’s ‘masculinity’ during a scene with Cynthia Erivo in Wicked: For Good.
As for Goldblum, he has nothing to worry about, for, as explained earlier, he’s not a conventional sex symbol, but Bailey is, so they’re not playing in the same league, which sounds insulting, but is just the truth. There is very little crossover in both men’s appeal, and I don’t just mean physically; they can co-exist in the same space in a sort of sexy symbiotic relationship, akin to a beautiful bird picking at the teeth of a particularly attractive crocodile.
The great thing about Hollywood is that there is space for so many varied individuals to flourish, and the world of cinema would be a much poorer place without either Bailey or Goldblum, so good thing we don’t have to choose.
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