Male Literary Figures Brought to Life: From Josh Hutcherson of 'The Hunger Games' to Ryan Gosling of 'Drive' [PHOTOS]
Everything Hollywood creates and projects on the big screen has always come from the brilliant minds of authors who have sold over a hundred books over the world.
While "The Hunger Games" male lead, Josh Hutcherson may be described as the perfect, Peeta Mellark by the author, Suzanne Collins, a few worthy male leads that have brought literary figures to life are also worth mentioning. These include the drool-worthy, Ryan Gosling of "Drive" and ever-awesome, Brad Pitt of "Fight Club".
It's better to always star off with the young ones. Josh Hutcherson may have played a lot of film roles in the past but what brought him to the top was his portrayal of "The Boy with the Bread", Peeta Mellark in "The Hunger Games". The same goes to "The Boy Who Lived", Daniel Radcliffe in the phenomenal wizardly franchise written by J.K. Rowling, "Harry Potter".
Before "The Hunger Games" and "Harry Potter" even ever ruled the film industry, their fame will never be able to surpass "Lord of the Rings" written by Tolkien. From Elves to wizards to the hobbit played by Elijah Wood, "Lord of the Rings" still ranks as a masterpiece cast on the big screen. It has won countless Oscar awards that truly prove that it is a film adaptation masterpiece.
Viggo Mortensen who plays Aragorn Strider in "Lord of the Rings" is also notable as a male literary figure in the film adaptation, "The Road". "The Road" written by Cormac McCarthy revolves around a post-apocalyptic tale of one man and his son fighting for survival.
Taking a jump back in time, before Brad Pitt became famous as Angelina Jolie's other perfect half, he was made popular by the film adaptation, "Fight Club" written by Chuck Palahniuk. A story that revolves around a young man's struggle against insomnia that in turn aids him in creating an underground fight club for the purpose of radical psychotherapy.
Also a blast from the past is Anthony Hopkins portrayal as the cannibalistic Dr. Lecter in Thomas Harris' best-selling novel, "Silence of the Lambs" and Christian Bale as the dastardly looking "American Psycho".
Another literary figure comes in the form of the famous detective, "Sherlock Holmes", created by the talented and ingenious, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was brought to life by the charming and hilarious, Robert Downey Jr.
Of course, one must not forget the sexiest man alive, Ryan Gosling who had perfectly portrayed the protagonist in John Sallis' novel, "Drive". Lastly, still yet to hit the big screen is Leonardo DiCaprio in the film adaptation of "The Great Gatsby".
While books offer a world of imagination, it is with these talented Hollywood actors that book characters come to life that unknowingly create mass hysteria specifically in the female population.
