Diego, Me Encanta

Forget the new James Bond movie. I'm more excited about Milk, the Harvey Milk biopic starring Sean Penn which comes out on December 5th. The film recounts the story of the first openly gay man to be elected into office in California during the 1970s. Sadly, he was assassinated the following year. The timing of this film's release is uncanny given the recent results of the Prop 8 vote in California.

Milk's allure for me lies in the fact that this is the first major English-language release that Diego Luna has done in years. According to various sources, Diego plays Sean Penn's lover. (I was pursing my lips with envy as I typed that last sentence). Watch the trailer below; you'll see Diego at 0:58, sporting big hair, aviators, and skintight jeans with his arm wrapped around Sean Penn.

I know it's typical of girls with massive celebrity crushes to gush about how great the objects of their affection are; nevertheless, I honestly admire Diego for the audacity and variety of his project choices. Of his more prominent film roles, he's played:

• A hormonal teenager out to seduce an older woman on a road trip (Y Tu Mama Tambien)
• A lovelorn journalist with few ambitions in life (Solo Dios Sabe)
• A dancing teenage heartthrob in pre-revolutionary Cuba (Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights)
• An airport employee who feeds Tom Hanks (The Terminal)
• A Michael Jackson impersonator (Mister Lonely)
• The guilt-ridden best friend of a suicidal schizophrenic (El Bufalo de la Noche)
• A rookie con artist learning the ropes from a seasoned pro (Criminal)

If Diego isn't enough yummy eye candy for you, Emile Hirsch and James Franco ought to sweeten the deal. Yep, they're in movie too.