James Bond Voted Best Hero

Posted April 1st, 2009

James Bond recently came first in a U.S magazine poll for Hollywood's top hero. That's right, he came above Indiana Jones, Superman and even Harry Potter.

Bond, who has been played on screen by Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, came in at number one in the Entertainment Weekly Top 20 Heroes Poll, with Harrison Ford's adventurer, Indiana Jones, coming in second.

Also making the top 10: Alien heroine Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, Robin Hood, Spider-Man and Die Hard's John McClane.

Ford is the only star to land two characters in the top 10 - his Star Wars hero Han Solo also features.

Meanwhile, the Wicked Witch of The West from The Wizard of Oz beat Darth Vader and cannibal Hannibal Lecter in a related top villains poll.

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