Paul Rudd now holds the title of People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2021, but if you ask his wife, the title would belong to another familiar face in Hollywood.
The Ant-Man star said his wife was "stupefied" when he told her about the flashy new title, which he took from Michael B. Jordan who was crowned by the magazine last year.
The actor opened up about receiving the honor in an interview with Extra on Tuesday, November 16.
Rudd has been married to wife Julie Yaeger since 2003. The pair share sons Jack, 17, and Darby, 12.
But despite their long marriage, Rudd admitted that his wife still wouldn't have voted for him if she had the chance to cast her ballot for Sexiest Man Alive.
"No, she would have voted for Keanu Reeves," he said, adding: "Come on, he's Keanu, I'd vote for him."
The pair previously worked together on the 2016 short film Anyone Can Quantum. While they did not appear on screen together, Reeves narrated the project, while Rudd faced off against Stephen Hawking in a game of chess.
After being crowned Sexiest Man Alive 2021, Rudd told People: "I do have an awareness, enough to know that when people hear that I'd be picked for this, they would say, 'what?' This is not false humility. There are so many people that should get this before me."
The star is famed for his youthful appearance and his films include Clueless, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up and This Is 40.
When he told his wife of the award, Rudd explained: "She was stupefied. But you know she was very sweet about it. After some giggling and shock, she said 'oh, they got it right.' And that was very sweet. She was probably not telling the truth, but what's she going to say?"
"When I think about myself, I think of myself as a husband and a father, like I'm that. I just hang out with my family when I'm not working. That's what I kind of like the most," he added.
Rudd has portrayed Ant-Man in the Marvel blockbusters Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man And The Wasp, and Avengers: Endgame.
As well as his film career, the actor played Phoebe Buffay's boyfriend Mike Hannigan in hit sitcom Friends.
Previous holders of the sexiest man alive title include Hollywood heart-throbs Brad Pitt, Sir Sean Connery, Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, Blake Shelton, John Legend, and Idris Elba.
Rudd's big break came in 1995 when he starred in teen comedy Clueless alongside Alicia Silverstone.
