Jonathan Rhys Meyers: ‘Sleeping With 22 People is no Big Deal’
Jonathan Rhys Meyers says you can have sex with at least 20 people and it’s no big deal.
The actor says his character in hit TV show The Tudors, King Henry VIII, has slept with 22 people — and insists it’s not that many.
“In The Tudors I’ve only slept with like 22 people,” he said. “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’? ‘Er about 50′. So it’s not so much.
“Henry was much more prudish in history than we portray him in The Tudors. But sex happened and sex was very much a matter of state then.
“When they sent me the script and said they wanted me to play Henry VIII, I said it was ridiculous. The concept was ridiculous that I could play King Henry VIII.
“Then I understood what they wanted. They wanted to bring a sense of history to a much younger generation.”
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You do realize he was kidding when he made the comment about 22 people being no big deal, don’t you?
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