What is the Fassbender Scale, you ask?
Let’s examine this casting as an example.
Character: Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre, adapted from the novel by Charlotte Brontë
Book description: “I recognised his decisive nose, more remarkable for character than beauty; his full nostrils, denoting, I thought, choler; his grim mouth, chin, and jaw—yes, all three were very grim, and no mistake.”
Verdict: This is a hot man playing an ugly man, simple as that. Queens would abandon their thrones to hole up in a country estate with Fassbender’s Rochester.
Rating: 5