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If you’ve lingered over our ELLE Man Of The Week galleries long enough, you should know by now that winning Team ELLE’s affections is not just a matter of being blessed with devilish good looks. It’s not even a case of brain over brawn, or an impeccable wardrobe.

So often, it’s a combination of all of these things – a certain je ne sais quoi. Saving that, fluency in a sexy, foreign language ALWAYS HELPS.

With that in mind, from multilingual Thor hunk Tom Hiddleston, to suave, German-speaking ELLE cover star Michael Fassbender, we’ve rounded up our favourite YouTube clips of hot ELLE men speaking foreign languages. Enjoy!

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ELLE cover star Michael Fassbender is half-German, so there’s no excuse.

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Actor, ELLE journalist and bi-lingual. Is there anything Tom Hiddleston can’t do?

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ELLE style award winner Bradley Cooper is just parfait at French.

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Star of , Leonardo Di Caprio makes a valiant attempt to speak German.

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All those years with Vanessa Paradis paid off, judging by this distinctly Gallic clip of a certain Johnny Depp.

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Diane Kruger’s man, Joshua Jackson, tries his hand at Arabic in Fringe.

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Did you know that Oscar-winning director and actor Ben Affleck also habla español?

Micheal Fassbender: behind the cover shoot video

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