Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an actor probably best known for his roles in films like Match Point and Mission Impossible III, as well as television series like The Tudors, Dracula, and Elvis, for which he earned a Golden Globe award and an Emmy nomination. Currently, the native of Ireland stars alongside Antonio Banderas and Piper Perabo in Black Butterfly, which opened on May 26th and is currently in theaters and also available on-demand.
Jonathan was kind enough to take a few minutes to participate in our twenty questions questionnaire series recently.
1. You walk into a bar. What do you order from the bartender?
These days water.
2. Who’s your favorite person to follow on Twitter and/or Instagram?
My wife, Mara, plays with hers from time to time which I poke my nose and peruse sporadically.
3. What’s currently waiting for you on your DVR or in your streaming queue?
John Wick 2.
4. It’s your last meal — what are you going out with?
The tasting menu at Noma Copenhagen run by chef René Redzepi.
5. What websites do you visit on a regular basis?
6. What’s the most frequently played song on your mobile device?
7. If you could go back and give your 18-year-old self one piece of advice what would it be?
Let me ponder that for a spell, “DON’T DRINK!”
8. What’s the last thing you Googled?
Find my phone.
9. Dogs or cats?
Dogs.
10. Best concert of your life was…?
UB40 1987.
11. What book are you most likely to give as a gift?
Anything by Seamus Heaney.
12. What the nicest thing anyone’s ever done for you?
My wife, Mara, marrying me and having our child.
13. South Park or Family Guy?
Family Guy.
14. You have an entire day to do whatever you want. What would you do?
Hang out with my son.
15. What movie can you not resist watching if it’s on?
Good Will Hunting.
16. The sports team or teams you’re most passionate about?
The Republic of Ireland International Soccer Team.
17. Where did you eat the best meal of your life?
A Teppanyaki Bar in Sydney.
18. The last movie you saw in a theater?
London Town by obligation as I must go to my own premieres but I am an Apple TV and Netflixer.
19. Who was your first celebrity crush?
20. What would you cook if Nic Cage were coming to your house for dinner?
Ben and Jerry’s Phish Food ice cream because it’s awesome.
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