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Instead of psycho hes morepathetic and Woody kept saying this because I couldhave made him much stronger and much darker but Woodydidnt want this. Its very hard to watchsomebodys whos playing weak, hes not strong acharacter, hes never meant to be strong, he was nevermeant to be a psychopath. It was a difficult part to play because Implaying somebody whos weak.

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When Match Point came outeverybody sort of thought that Woodys best films hadgone and then we made match Point and suddenly hemakes this great movie and I get to be the lead rolein it. Would you agree Match Point changed everything foryou? They change but I like Broken Social Scene, Kings ofLeon, Black Rabble Motorcycle Club. Hesvery much an average singer/songwriter in New York. My taste in music is different to the taste of LewisConnolly, because hes playing a singer/songwriter.Hes not Eric Clapton hes never going to be. And inhow we record them and how we would arrange them buteverything else was up to the production team. Certainly in the music because I hadto record my own songs before we even started theproduction so I definitely had a hand in that. The input of my character, but not in how theproduction went. Theyre a little bit too ruddy, their teeth are alittle bit too white. Alex OLoughlin plays my brother in the filmand hes an Aussie but I wanted to get an actuallyauthentic Irish person in to play the drummer becausetheres an energy there that doesnt exist if it wasan American playing an Irish person, it would beslightly different, the energy would be differentyoud be able to spot an American anywhere you know.

Yeah sure and I remember being on set and JimSheridan, Kerstins father came on set and Jim lovedmy brother, he thought he was extraordinary and Jim islooking at the monitor at a scene that weve done onstage and Im sitting there and Jims like, oh yourbrothers fantastic, and Im like what about me? Immeant to be fantastic but no he was great and a lot offun and I wanted the Irish person to be an Irishperson. Then the guitarI didnt play the guitar very well so I had to learnthat and I sing my own songs. When we were about to make the film, wehad a drummer who was meant to play the Irish drummerwho backed out of the movie so at the last minute theywere like we cant get somebody, so I paid for mybrother to fly in to be in the movie. I understand youre real brother is in the film andthat you sing your own songs. Louis, my character is asinger-songwriter. But the goal was never to become as masterguitar player.

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I would play as much aspossible in my free time and Id hang out with thereal musicians as much as I could and play music withthem. How difficult was it to play and sing in the film?

Gaynor Flynn caught up with the Irish actor at the recent Rome International Film Festival.

In August Rush, the New York set fable about a musical prodigy (Freddie Highmore) searching for his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers) he had to play guitar and sing his own songs. Its hard to imagine that its the same man in each and every one of those roles. But hes also played everything from King Henry VIII in the award winning Tudors to a tennis instructor who is not quite what he seems in Woody Allens Match Point. Hes a chameleon thats for sure - how else can you explain Jonathan Rhys Meyers eclectic range of roles? From a David Bowie inspired glam-rock star in Velvet Goldmine, to a dedicated football coach in Bend it Like Beckham, to his startling performance as Elvis, a 4-hour mini-series that earned him an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe win.