Playing Match-Maker

As far as we know,
our dear 38 year-old Richard is still a single, lone bachelor.

Just for fun, I asked a few people this question:

If you could play match-maker and set up RA
with anyone famous,

who would you choose and why?

Idealistically, it might be better for Richard to eventually

settle down with someone who isn't well-known, since he seems to prefer remain low-key at times and a famous partner would just draw more attention to his personal life.
However, I asked for famous people so that we could all know who is being discussed and pictures could be included. "I want to set him up with my 2nd cousin, Ashley" just wasn't going to work as well.  (Nobody said that, by the way.)

Rup suggests
31 year-old Daniela Denby-Ashe

"Their chemistry was so great not only on screen, but based from the commentary, off screen too. She is shy, very introverted. RA with his humor can bring her out. I really would love to see their pairing in real life."
(Good choice, Rup!  Loads of chemistry!)


Susie proposes

41 year-old Catherine Tate

"She's got a great sense of humour and also spent time with the Royal Shakespeare Company the same as Richard. They also both share a dislike for being in the limelight and red carpet events. Maybe it could be a marriage made in heaven? I think the most important thing in a partner is a good sense of fun as you can often ride out the most traumatic and bad times if you both share a sense of humour."
(Extra points for picking a redhead, Susie!)

Ragtag is rooting for

26 year-old Jennifer Hawkins

"Richard, this Sarah affair makes me reach for the antacids. There's no excuse for her cold-blooded murders and unbleached roots. She's a bigger tease than that feisty one you stab- um... stood up for. Look, your biological clock is ticking away and I've found someone for you. Get this, she was crowned Miss Universe 2004! The lovely Jennifer Hawkins. A beauty Queen will be handy when you do King Richard III. Whaddayasay? She won't pinch your eyeliner and won't mind the leather rashes. The only down side is that her bum is waaaay bigger than yours. I mean more FAMOUS than yours - and she knows how to claim wardrobe malfunction. I'm sure mother would approve."

(Ragtag just likes the fact that Ms. Hawkins is Australian! haha!)

Twinklingmoon offered ideas on 2 possible matches~

42 year-old Lauren Graham (best known for her role as Lorelai in Gilmore Girls.)

"She's funny, independent, has done work in theatre, film and tv (so she's got a resume similar to RA's) and I've seen several of her interviews and she has a witty, self-depricating humor about herself. She also seems to be a bit shy in her interviews, kinda has what I see as a nervous laugh. And we all know RA is a private guy so that's something else they have in common I think. When I did an online search for her it seems she too has a online fan base that has stuff dedicated to her and her work (yet another similarity to RA) I feel like even if they don't hit it off romantically they'd be fast friends."

 

  32-year old Ewa Da Cruz  who is currently featured in As the World Turns.

"She has an unusual look, very striking (reminds me of RA); Although she comes on a US soap she is actually European (her name is Portugease but she's half Norwegian and half Egyptian); She was raised in Norway so I figure she must have European sensibilities (a commonality with RA); she's also multitalented (is a model, actress, and free lance journalist doing her work mainly in Norway so I figure maybe she's better known across the Atlantic, again similar to RA); Plus left her country to give it a go here (Like RA went to Budapest to join the circus, and if i have to hear one more interviewer ask him about that I think I'll shoot myself, ) I also think that she would look good standing next to him, she has olive complexion and I think that would be such a lovely contrast to his pale beauty (Good Lord! I'm making him sound like a vampire out of Stephenie Meyers novel here.)"

 

 

Nat's pick:

This is totally unrealistic since she's engaged to the guy who plays Jim on The Office, but if I could hook up RA with anyone  famous, it would be 26 (almost 27) year-old Emily Blunt.  (Sorry John Krasinski fans, but he's no match for RA.) 

 

Emily is an extrememly talented actress, sharp as a whip and beautiful.  Plus, they'd just look so darn cute together!  (Look- she's wearing black... Richard's color!  It's meant to be!)  She's a fellow Brit and both have worked in period films.  Emily is in her child bearing years... so if she and RA hit it off, they could be wed and make a bunch of adorable dark-haired, blue-eyed babies together!  RA offspring!!!  (Aww...)  Hey- don't roll your eyes at me.  This is my blog and my fantasy moment here!

As Twinklingmoon said, "we even take his fake blind dates seriously!"

Now it is your turn, blog readers. 
If you could set up Richard Armitage with anyone famous
(so that we can all know to whom you are referring)

who would you pick and why?