Jonathan is on the cover of the January 2005 issue of Attitude magazine, a UK gay publication. There are some amazing photographs and an excellent interview. He was also featured in the December 19 edition of the Sunday Times Style magazine.
Jonathan has been cast to play Elvis Presley in a CBS 4 hour mini-series on the rock and roll legend. Filming starts in January in New Orleans with an expected airdate during May sweeps. This is the first biopic that has the approval of the Presley estate. Which means it can use original recordings of his music. Robert Greenblatt and David Janollari from HBO’s Six Feet Under are producing. From IGN: “He was the first person I’d ever thought of for the role,” said exec producer Howard Braunstein. “I...
Man in the mirror By Shane Watson Sunday Times, Style section, December 19, 2004 Dark, dazzling, vain and insecure, Jonathan Rhys Meyers is grooming himself for stardom. For this actor, says Shane Watson, image is everything Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the flesh delivers much the same impression as he does on screen. On the one hand, he is fragile and pretty, with a walk straight out of Zoolander, pointy cowboy boots scissoring one in front of the other, shoulders shimmying in his white vest and khaki jacket....
“Vanity Fair” will released on DVD in the US on February 1. You can preorder it on Amazon.com. Golden Globe nominations were announced today and “The Lion in Winter” got 3 nominations for best mini-series or motion picture made for television, best actress in a mini-series or motion picture made for television for Glenn Close, and best actor in a mini-series or motion picture made for television for Patrick Stewart.
David Bailey vs Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Blackbook, October/November 2004 In which a legendary photographer swaps wit and wisdom with Woody Allen’s latest leading man on the absurdity of celebrity, the irrelevance of education, and Michelangelo’s jewelry line. David Bailey is one of the world’s most famous photographers, almost as well known for his sexual conquests (among them ‘60s model Jean Shrimpton and actress Catherine Deneuve) as for his timeless portraits. The inspiration for Antonioni’s cult movie, Blow Up, Bailey epitomizes a certain kind of brash, working-class Englishman who...
Jonathan is featured in the December issue of US Cosmopolitan, the scan of which is already in the Gallery of this site. Jonathan attended the premiere of “Vanity Fair” at the London Film Festival and presented an award at the British Fashion Awards last week.
Jonathan has been popping up in magazines left and right. There’s a great interview between Jonathan and photographer David Bailey (responsible for so many amazing photos of Jonny) in the October issue of Blackbook magazine. And in the October issue of L’Optimum magazine, there is a stunning 8 page photo spread on Jonathan. This is a French magazine so it may be more difficult to find. Lastly, it appears the Woody Allen Summer Project may now have a title: Match Point. It has not been officially confirmed yet though.
Lots of cool news to report. First off, “Vanity Fair” will be shown at the London Film Festival on November 1 and 2. It’s not due out theatrically in the UK until January 14 of next year. The release date for “Alexander” has been pushed back from November 5 to November 24. The premiere will be November 16 at the Village theatre in Westwood, California. You can view more trailers of “Alexander” that include snippets of Jonathan at The Movie Box. HBO is airing a first look at “Alexander”....
Just got some news. First, the Good Morning America interview has been postponed indefinitely. Jonathan is not going to be doing “Vinyl”. Instead he has been offered and accepted a lead role in a new film by Bille August. “Explosion”, based on the novel Burden of Desire by Robert MacNeil, concerns the real life incident when a munitions ship blew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1917. At the heart of the story is a love triangle between an unhappily married young man, a psychiatrist, and a remarkable unconvential...
Despite all the newspaper and tv guide listings, Jonathan did not appear on Good Morning America this morning. Trying to find out if the interview has been rescheduled or is no longer going to happen. Sorry for the false alarm!
