Friends guest star Cosimo Fusco freaks out fans 30 years after playing villain Paolo: He looks way better now!

The one where the villain’s still got it.Fans are in a frenzy after finding out that a former “Friends” guest star is “aging like a fine wine” three decades later.Italian actor Cosimo Fusco played Paolo Rachel’s (Jennifer Aniston) love interest in Season 1 of the sitcom.Despite viewers wanting Rachel and Ross (David Schwimmer) to get together, Paolo charmed his way into Rachel’s heart, but was exposed for being a slimy philanderer soon after.A Reddit user posted a recent picture of Fusco, 62, on the platform, to which one user commented, “Aged like a fine wine (way better now than in ’94),” while another wrote, “Man he’s good looking.

But then again he always was.”One person said, “He looks way better now!” to which a second quipped, “To all the people that say ‘Paulo wasn’t that attractive’ Please go to the eye doctor as soon as you can, the man was handsome as all hell.”Others remembered his character’s wardrobe, which bore a hilarious resemblance to the clothes worn by Shrek.“He looks way better when he isn’t wearing Shrek’s outfit,” someone teased, while another chimed in, “Seriously, his style and look in the show was THE look at the time.”Rounding out the outfit remarks, one user shared, “He was always a good looking guy, they just deliberately used hair and costume to make him look like someone from the cover of an erotic novel, as slimy as possible.”Fusco took to his own X account on Wednesday to share an article from Metro UK about himself, writing: “Allow me a touch of vanity here!”Paolo first appeared in the seventh episode of “Friends” titled “The One with the Blackout,” when he was introduced as the owner of a cat that the gang, including Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), Chandler (Matthew Perry), Monica (Courteney Cox) and Joey (Matt LeBlanc), found in their building.Despite Ross’ clear interest in Rachel, she and Paolo sparked up a romance, which ended five episodes later after he tried to ...