THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST By Luke Crisell Nylon Guys, Summer 2006 Jonathan Rhys Meyers is not afraid to tell it like it is…Neither is Luke Crisell Jonathan Rhys Meyers is a lot of things, but shy is not one of them. He doesn’t so much walk as swagger—around the photo studio, across the street, and along the gangplank of a dilapidated barge moored behind the Chelsea Piers mega-complex on the far west side of Manhattan — and doesn’t so much talk as vociferate, so loudly and...
Another possible new project. From Variety: The N.Y.-based Louverture has also confirmed cast on the $30 million “Toussaint,” about 18th century Haitian revolution hero Toussaint L’Ouverture, which will mark Glover’s feature directing debut. Attached, said Barnes, are Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Roger Guenveur Smith (Final Destination), Mos Def, Isaach de Bankole (Casino Royale) and Gallic actor Richard Bohringer (Cavalcade). Pic’s script is by Barnes and Vijay Balakrishnan. It is produced by Glover, Barnes, Chris Curling at the U.K.’s Zephyr Films, Genevieve...
Jonathan Rhys Meyers By George Epaminondas InStyle, June 2006 He gives new meaning to the phrase “sharply dressed gentleman.” On a break from filming in N.Y.C., Jonathan Rhys Meyers wears slim Diesel jeans, work boots and an oversize gray hoodie printed with pink razor blades. Not everyone could get away with such a nouveau punk look, but then very few can go from starring in Elvis on TV (and winning a Golden Globe) to playing a rakish social climber in Match Pint or a secret in Mission:...
The Lord Meyers By Sylvia Patterson Glamour, June 2006 He’s always had the leading man looks. Now, with a Golden Globe in the bag and his first starring role in a blockbuster, Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ career has caught up. But, insists Sylvia Patterson, it’s his huge personality she’s fallen for. Yeah, right! “Take it from me, if you cheat on your girlfriend,” Jonathan is blaring, through those intoxieatingly full lips, “as I have in the past, she will turn up in a year’s time more beautiful, taller,...
