Even Ross would agree.

Remember Paolo from Friends?

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In case you aren’t as Friends-obsessed as I am, here’s a refresher: He was Rachel’s hunky Italian boyfriend.

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He was also a thorn in Ross’s side from the very beginning.

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And then he hit on (and groped) Phoebe, proving Ross right about the whole “crapweasel” thing.

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All caught up? Good.

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It’s time to separate the actor from the role, because Cosimo Fusco, who played Paolo, is now an international film star, and a bona fide silver fox.

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Here he is in a music video he directed AND starred in, serving black-and-white, solitary realness.

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In addition to his many roles in Italian cinema, Fusco has appeared on American screens in films like Gone in 60 Seconds and Angels and Demons, and on shows including The Mentalist and Rome.

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Paolo may have been a dirtbag, but I would definitely go to the “poke-a-nose” with Signor Fusco any day for skiing or…whatever.

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