• 1994: TVC: ‘Break’ The original ‘Diet Coke Break Hunk’, Lucky Vanous, kept a group of admiring women in an office building glued to their window, as a shirtless construction worker on a building site .

Lucky Vanous landed the Diet Coke Break ‘Hunk’ role when he was married and attending Fordham Law School. After appearing in the first ‘Diet Coke Break’ ad, Lucky also appeared in the lesser-known 1995 spot ‘Magazine’ – where he plays a male model brought to life on the pages of a fashion magazine after a girl opens an ice cold Diet Coke.

'Construction worker' Lucky Vanous caught the eye of an entire office of women

• 1998: TVC: ‘Appointment’ ’The second ‘Diet Coke Break Hunk’, Robert Merrill, kept ladies on time for their 11:30am appointment as an unforgettable window washer .

Robert recalls: 'I was in Miami on a modeling job and was on my way to the airport to catch a flight back to NYC. My agent called at the last minute and said that I should go to the casting for the Diet Coke commercial. I went, but the line was so long, I had to leave to catch my flight as I had a job in NYC the following day.'



'My agent called me the next day and said that Diet Coke had seen everyone, but still had not chosen their ‘Hunk’ and still wanted to meet me. I went the following evening (I remember it was 6pm) right after work.



'They called my agent and said that I got the job. I was excited to say the least. It was the role that everybody wanted. It was huge!'

The 1998 Hunk Robert Merrill kept ladies on time as a sexy window cleaner

• 1998: TVC: ‘Dispenser’ ’The third ‘Diet Coke Break Hunk’, Paul Johansson, distracted an office floor of women at 11:30am as a hunky delivery man.

• 2007: TVC: ‘Repairman’ The forth ‘Diet Coke Break Hunk’, Francois Xavier, re-launched the iconic campaign for a new generation, as a handsome repairman called in by three women who push the ‘emergency stop’ button in an elevator.

• 2013: The fifth ‘Diet Coke Hunk’, Andrew Cooper starred in ‘Gardener’, created to celebrate 30 years of the iconic brand. The latest incarnation set tongues wagging, pulses racing and becameone of the most talked about advertisements of the year.



Cooper stepped into the iconic character as a handsome landscape gardener who intercepts an ice-cold can of Diet Coke - rolled to him by five sassy female friends with a light-hearted outcome.



Mancunian one-time wannabe singer said: 'Everyone remembers the Diet Coke Man advertisements.



'They have been cultural milestones and I’m absolutely thrilled to have been chosen to play the part in 2013 - especially in such an exciting year for the brand.'