Bad Boys are mysterious, nefarious and like to have a good time no matter what. The oft misunderstood volatile actor variety have a long-standing appeal from the bad ass days of James Dean to Dennis Hopper (sorry 40th wife he just dumped your ass so you don’t get any of his kids’ inheritance) to the overdosing River Phoenix (while Christina Applegate looked on in front of then-Johnny Depped co-0wner The Viper Room) and of course, The Foreign Import Versions.
So I had an itch, a sword works for that
Is there anything like an Irish Bad Boy? Colin Farell slid out of the “talent, yet tormented” spotlight for the past couple of years once fatherhood hit him making way for Jonathan Rhys Myers to take center stage. JRM’s long career has shown him playing roles that are full-out smarmy including ‘Velvet Goldmine’ to his Showtime series of lust, love and soft core porn ‘The Tudors’ to well-intentioned good-hearted with an edge roles in ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ and now the action film ‘From Paris With Love.’
Merci Paris. While JRM was playing a controlled social climber greedy for whatever his wanted in ‘Matchpoint’, I definitely perfer him in his more outlandish roles. At the heart of it all- with the drinking, the fiery look in his eyes of danger, JRM is a terrific actor with hello, amazing abs.
At 32 JRM has already lived about 31 years past what doctors predicted when he was born with a serious heart condition. I was further impressed with JRM performing all of his own stunts in ‘From Paris With Love’ …swoon!
