10 Movie Characters You Secretly Wish Your Boyfriend Was Like

3. Shaun (Shaun of the Dead)

I'm convinced that I have a Darwinian desire to pick 'zombie killing abilities' as an attractive quality in men. Because really, when the apocalypse eventually happens, a person like myself, who looks like the lovechild of a Rice Krispies elf and Peter Lorre, is not going to survive for very long. And why not a man like Shaun? He loves a pint, loves his mum, is handy with a cricket bat, and holds late night dee-jay parties. Whilst at the start he's meek and has a bad memory, Shaun soon proves his worth when he fights a bunch of shuffling, flesh-rotting fiends to get his friends to the Winchester. He's resourceful (who would have known that Sade records and pool cues could be such great weapons?), and is often the voice of reason, especially when he's around his friend Ed. Also, I don't tend to trust people who don't have at least ONE friend like Ed, who wears grubby shirts and drops the cuss word that rhymes with "bunt" at inappropriate moments. It just wouldn't make sense. It would be like a dog with the ability to look up.
 
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