We bring you factoids about the star of THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES
Based on the books by Cassandra Clare, THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES is released in Irish cinemas this week. Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars in the film, as a Shadowhunter hell bent on changing the world. We gathered together some trivia about the Irish actor.
Rhys Meyers is good friends with fellow Irish actor Stuart Townsend. The two of them protested at the Save Tara Hill Campaign in 2006.
… Good to hear that Jonathan has a love for ancient Ireland.
JRM sang some of the songs that appear in Velvet Goldmine.
… He also sang in the film AUGUST RUSH.
In February 2008, Jonathan became a celebrity ambassador for the Cork-based charitable organization The Hope Foundation.
… The Hope Foundation is a registered Irish charity set up in 1999 to help restore basic human rights to the street children of Calcutta.
Rhys Meyers does a spot on impression of his MATCH POINT director Woody Allen.
… He has shown off this skill many times in interviews, notably on Regis and Kelly.
JRM as played “The King” in several different roles starting with Elvis Presley in the CBS miniseries Elvis and later portraying King Henry VIII in the Showtime program The Tudors.
… This has to be more than chance!
Jonathan thought of joining the priesthood when he was a kid.
… We’re glad he didn’t!
JRM is currently filming DRACULA for NBC
… In the series, Dracula brings electricity to Victorian London and is obsessed with revenge on those who cursed him with immortality.
Rhys Meyers appeared in an episode of Neil Patrick Harris’s web series NEIL’S PUPPET DREAMS.
… As a dancer in David Burtka’s dream, no less.
One of JRM’s first movie roles was as the assassin in MICHAEL COLLINS, but it wasn’t until BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM that he truly came to worldwide attention.
… Although history students everywhere swooned at his small role in MICHAEL COLLINS.
It is rumoured that Jonathan Rhys Meyers is in talks for the upcoming film Star Wars Episode VII.
… No word yet on whether this is true, or which role JRM was in talks for, but keep an eye on Movies.ie for more.
THE MORTAL INSTUMENTS: CITY OF BONES is in Irish cinemas on August 21st.
Words: Brogen Hayes