| Soccer Star Becks Is Top Choice For New Best Mate
He may have moved halfway across the world to Los Angeles and employs a legion of bodyguards, but David Beckham is the man most British would choose as their best mate, according to a poll carried out to celebrate the launch of new game Army of Two™ from Electronic Arts.
The poll, carried out on www.maxim.co.uk asked men which celeb they would most like to befriend and saw ex-England captain Beckham come top of the list with a whopping 27% of the vote. Radio DJ Johnny Vaughan came in a close second with a respectable 22%, trailed closely by rival breakfast show host Chris Moyles with 19%.
Ant and Dec also made it into the top ten celebs Brit blokes would like to be mates with, but surprisingly they were listed separately. Declan Donnelly proved to be a more popular choice than his co-host, securing 9% of the vote compared with Ant’s measly 6%.
Shaun White, Senior PR Manager at Electronic Arts says: “David Beckham is quite obviously an icon and it comes as no surprise that young British men look up to him and would like to be his best mate.
“The other guys in the top five, while they may not be as high profile as Beckham, are icons in their own right too. The appeal of the likes of Vaughan and Moyles probably lies in the fact that they seem quite down to Earth – the kind of guys your average bloke could probably imagine having a drink and a laugh with.”
The pair were also voted into the top ten greatest double acts of all time in the same poll, coming in at number five. Top of the list with 31% of the overall vote were Brit comedy duo the Two Ronnies, whose closest rivals were Eastender’s Mitchell Brothers with 22.5%.
Morecambe and Wise, commonly thought of as one of the UK’s finest double acts only managed to scrape in at number three with 18.6% and were not a million miles ahead of idiot American cartoon teenagers Beavis and Butthead who managed to bag 12.4% of the vote.
Top Five Celeb Mates
- David Beckham
- Johnny Vaughan
- Chris Moyles
- Noel Fielding
- Declan Donnelly
Top Five Double Acts
- Two Ronnies
- Mitchell Brothers
- Morecambe and Wise
- Beavis and Butthead
- Ant and Dec
The survey was carried out by EA to celebrate the launch of new game Army of Two™, which focuses on gameplay centred around TWO man missions, TWO man strategies, TWO man tactics and a TWO man advantage – meaning you and your mate have to work well as a double act to survive.
Fight along side your team-mate to become the deadliest two-man military outfit a government can buy. The breakthrough gameplay in Army of Two™, with a live or adaptive AI partner, enables you to take advantage of two-man strategies like customizable weapons, vehicles, and tactical shooting.
Gamers will fight their way through war, turmoil and a conspiracy so vast it threatens the entire world. When one man is not enough, it’s going to take an army of two to save us.
www.ea.com/armyoftwo
Army of Two™ is out now on PS3 and Xbox 360
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