Dan Stevens, the late, lamented heartthrob of the wildly popular PBS series, Downton Abbey, is slumming it these days, portraying a Brooklyn drug trafficker in a new film currently being shot in Brooklyn.

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He was a bit of a heartthrob, tall and bashfully handsome.

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Rumors have surrounded the departure of star Dan Stevens, who plays resident heartthrob Matthew Crawley.

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The success of the film should help Efron move beyond his teen heartthrob status.

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He often appears on songs of other artists as diverse as Kelly Rowland and teen heartthrob Joe Jonas.

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The Chinese version features local heartthrob Fan Bingbing absent from the version showing abroad and lengthy clips of Chinese scenery that local audiences love.

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Mr. Heartthrob, Mr. Senior Football Star, Mr. Astounding Catch, from the rich, Cadillac-driving end of town where the mining-company big shots lived.

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