"This whole notion of being named ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’ is going to earn me quite a beating," Kate laughs in the November issue of Esquire Magazine. "You can’t have that title with four brothers. I’ll get wedgies. Headlocks. Noogies."

Kate Beckinsale : “If you're any kind of a human, you know the title is utterly ludicrous. But I like the idea of it, too. I do. I’m feeling that I must earn this. I need to go out and become much better at pole dancing or something.”