Sunday, October 17, 2010

Top 5 Cigar Smoking Hollywood Bad Asses

By Emma Thomas

Cigars play a pivotal role in crafting characters on TV. It brings a defining level of suave to the characters the actor played and it gave the character the finesse it needed . So we've compiled a list of the best Cigar smoking bad asses of all time.

1. NICHOLAS CAGE Starting at No 1 on our list is Nicholas Cage. A cigar-smoking comic-book lover, Cage has grown a distinguished career playing characters in such films as Leaving Las Vegas. He can also be seen on occasion chomping on a nice cigar as he goes by his day.

2 TOM CRUISE Tom Cruise is not just known to have acted in Top Gun and Mission Impossible, he's also know as a cigar aficionado throughout most of the 1990s. One of his movies, Jerry Maguire, was even filmed at the Grand Havana Room in Los Angeles. Cruise reportedly even had a standing order for Cuban Cohibas with London and Geneva tobacconists.

3 HARRISON FORD Han Solo may fit right into the Hollywood crowd but Harrison Ford shy's away from it. This reluctant Hollywood heavyweight has acted in one of all time top grossing box office draws in Star Wars and he enjoys puffing his cigars on their large Wyoming Ranch, away from the Hollywood scene.

4 BRUCE WILLIS Bruce Willis is the essence of what a action hero should be. He's acted in a number of movies, most of them depicting him saving the world in one way or another and he's shown a flair in comedy as well, acting in the whole nine yards and The player. During the mid-1990s, Willis frequented Arnold Schwarzenegger's Monday night cigar dinners at Schatzi on Main.

5 SYLVESTER STALLONE Stallone may not strike you as the cigar connoisseur but he's been known to enjoy premium cigars paired with an Armagnac or a vintage wine.

6 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER In 1977 when Arnold Schwarzenegger's soon to be father-in-law first met him over dinner he offered him a cigar. That was his first introduction and soon thereafter Arnold turned to be a connoisseur of cigar smoking. He's passed the favor on however by introducing it to other individuals like Danny Devito. Arnold Schwarzenegger enjoys a good Cohiba. - 40730

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