RSS
Entertainment


Home Page > Entertainment > ‘Tudors’ star Jonathan Rhys Meyers says sex with over 20 people is normal

Blogs


comment on article Make a comment
print this article Print
email this articleE-mail

‘Tudors’ star Jonathan Rhys Meyers says sex with over 20 people is normal

Irish actor says King Henry’s sex life is average

By
ANTOINETTE KELLY,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 10:01 AM
Updated Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 3:29 PM

 

Bookmark and Share

Jonathan Rhys Meyers as King Henry VIII in "The Tudors"
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as King Henry VIII in "The Tudors"

Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who plays the lusty King Henry VIII in “The Tudors,” insists that having sex with about 20 people is “not so much.”

While speaking about his “Tudors” character to Showbiz Spy, the Dubliner noted that over course of the Showtime series’ run, King Henry has slept with around 22 people.

"Which is not bad, because if I go out in London on a Saturday night and I say to some handsome young dude or some handsome young girl that's standing in the club, 'How many people have you slept with this year?' [They'd say], 'Er, about 50'," Rhys Meyers said.

“So it's not so much.”

The handsome Irish actor and model went on to say that the real Henry VIII was more “prudish,” but that “Sex happened and sex was very much a matter of state then.”

Rhys Meyers also revealed that he thought the idea of him playing the infamous monarch was “ridiculous” at first.

"Then I understood what they wanted," he said. "They wanted to bring a sense of history to a much younger generation."

print this article Print
email this articleE-mail


Be the first to make a comment.

It may take several minutes for your comment to appear.


Click to learn more from DiscoverIreland.com.


Connect to IrishCentral with your Facebook account

or sign-in directly

Welcome to IrishCentral!
Please provide the following information in order to create your account

Username:
E-Mail Address:
Password:
Confirm Password:
I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy


Welcome to IrishCentral!
All we need is the following information and you will be part of the #1 Irish community in the US

E-Mail Address:
First select a unique username:
Username:
Now choose a password:
Password:
Confirm Password:
I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
Thank you!

Just one more step and you will be part of the largest Irish community in America! Tell us a little more about you to start enjoying all the features of IrishCentral.

Additional Information:

First Name:
Last Name:
Date of Birth:
Zip:
Gender: Male  Female 
Country:
Degree of Irishness:
Household Income:
Level of Education:

Subscribe to our newsletters:

The Best of IrishCentral - Daily Newsletter
Special Offers from our sponsors

or
Skip

You can edit your information at any time, just go to "my account" when you're logged in.

Log into IrishCentral with your Facebook account

or sign-in directly

E-Mail:
Password:
 Remember me Forgot my password