Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare) the bed he bequeaths her as "the second best" to remind her of the best bed of their memories. The novel was dramatised for BBC radio in 1998 with Maggie Steed playing Hathaway. The Connie Willis short story "Winter's Tale," which combines factual information about Anne Hathaway with a fictitious Shakespeare identity theory, also characterises the nature of the relationship as loving and the bequeath of the second-best bed as romantically significant. Anne Hathaway appears in Neil Gaiman's comic book section , part of "The Sandman" series. She and Shakespeare share a tumultuous, yet affectionate, relationship. Gaiman's interpretation suggests that
Anne Hathaway their fragrance Magnifique. In 2011, Hathaway became the new face of the Italian company Tod's. Hathaway's sex appeal has been picked up by several media outlets; "FHM", "People", AskMen, "Maxim", "Empire" and "Entertainment Weekly" have included her in their yearly lists of sexiest women. In 2011, "Los Angeles Times Magazine" listed her as one of the 50 Most Beautiful Women in Film. Elsworth calls her "the hottest young actress in Hollywood". Hathaway disagrees, insisting that she has a "good girl" image and no sex appeal. She has refused to undergo Botox, saying that she is comfortable in her own skin.