Jan 2
Shirtless Aaron Taylor-Johnson Gets Fans Thirsty All Over Again
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
Ripped actor Aaron-Taylor Johnson is on vacation, and he's sharing his thirsty snaps on Instagram.
The 34-year-old actor and his wife, 57-year-old Sam Taylor-Johnson, were in the Maldives for a holiday. Taylor-Johnson's carrell of images showed him and his wife on bicycles, with other photos and videos also showing the actor scuba diving.
"🌴😎💕 A little break in Paradise 🐠🦈🐡," the "Nosferatu" actor posted.
But it was one image in particular that got fans' hearts racing: A shirtless and mustachioed Taylor-Johnson standing at the side of a pool, his rock-hard abs rippling.
Taylor-Johnson's abs are something of a calling card for his social media thirst traps. He also posted a sweat-inducing shirtless selfie while having what he called a "little get away" last September.
The couple met on the set of "Nowhere Boy," the John Lennon biopic that Sam helmed in 2009, when Aaron was 18 and Sam was 42. Sam has said in the past that their relationship only began after the film had finished production.
Aside from starring in "Nosferatu," the hunky English actor also played the title character in the MCU film "Kraven the Hunter." His abs were prominently displayed in that film, but, People Magazine recalled, his "Kraven" co-star Ariana DeBose, while verifying that those washboard ripples are the genuine article, reminded the public that there's a person - and a talented one, at that - attached to them.
"Oh, yeah. Those are real. I had the privilege of looking at those," People recalled DeBose saying this past October while attending the gala for the Museum Academy.
"I think he might've been hungry," DeBose added, before admitting that while he might have been hungry, she, like so many others, was susceptible to a hint of thirst at the sight of him.
"I appreciate the male form just like many, many humans on the planet," DeBose said, adding that Taylor-Johnson "is a spectacular human, a beautiful human... and so sweet.
"He's much more than his abs, you know?"
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
