Posted by Adam

Tuesday August 4, 2009

Robert Pattinson has beaten a whole host of notable Hollywood stars by being named the Sexiest Man In The World by a British magazine.

The list, to find the hottest Hollywood hunk, was compiled by the UK edition of Glamour.

Johnny Depp narrowly missed out on the top spot, while X-Men actor Hugh Jackman came third.

David Beckham landed fourth place and Brad Pitt was voted fifth in the annual rundown. Zac Efron, George Clooney, Chace Crawford, Justin Timberlake and Colin Firth rounded out the top ten.

The 23-year-old recently revealed that he never thought starring in Twilight would lead him to become a sex symbol.

“I’m so surprised things have actually worked out the way they have,” he said. “I am just thinking the whole time: ‘I don’t really have the right personality to fit into that kind of role’.

“I’m not really afraid of it though because I don’t really know how to play up that aspect of it. I don’t know if I could ever really be cast in a heartthrob role really — apart from Twilight, which I didn’t really know was a heartthrob role. I really don’t feel I am one.”

R-Patz has also revealed how he was “gangly” during his teenage years.

“I always looked like a girl up until a few years ago,” he said. “And I never did any sport, so I was always the kind of gangly guy.”

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