Soul singer rejoins Tudor cast

Singer Joss Stone has agreed a deal to take up her role again as Anne of Cleves in the fourth and final series of 'The Tudors'.

By Madeline O'Connor - 12/05/09

Shot in Ireland, the series stars Stone as the fourth wife of Hwenry VIII, played by Cork-born Hollywood star, Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

The fourth series of 'The Tudors' will consist of 10 one-hour episodes, and will premiere on American TV in spring 2010.

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Posted on 14 May 2009 by The-Thudors.org

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is to enter rehab

Irish star Jonathan Rhys Meyers is the latest celebrity to enter rehab.

The 29-year-old actor, whose credits include Mission Impossible III, Match Point and the acclaimed TV movie Elvis, checked himself in to an alcohol treatment program. In 2005, he was reportedly treated at the Promises facility in Malibu, California.

In a statement to People, his rep Meredith O'Sullivan said: "He felt a break was needed to maintain his recovery."

Rhys Meyers currently appears as King Henry VIII in the U.S. cable series The Tudors. He recently wrapped filming on the drama August Rush with Terrence Howard and Robin Williams and has two other films, Bronte and Toussaint, scheduled this year.

O'Sullivan said the star will resume his schedule following completion of the rehab program.

Born Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keefe in Dublin, he was once romantically linked to Ontario actress Estella Warren.

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Posted on 12 May 2009 by The-Thudors.org

Meyers slims down for 'The Tudors'

By LYNN ELBER The Associated Press

Jonathan Rhys Meyers would be relieved to see "The Tudors" end before his character, King Henry VIII, transforms from a robust young man to pudgy old ruler.

"I wouldn't be very good at putting on a lot of weight. When I played Elvis (a young Presley, in the 2005 TV movie "Elvis"), I really had to struggle so I would have Elvis' puppy fat," Meyers said. "I had to keep eating."

Meyers' portrayal of an energetically trim Henry is in sharp contrast to portraits depicting a mature, full-faced monarch, one with an apparent appetite for food as well as marriage.

"The Tudors" is in its third season on Showtime. It has unfolded as a flashy chronicle of the early and middle years of Henry's political and domestic life, which included an infamous six wives and the beheading of two.

Henry's health has been hobbled as the series progressed, but the cause is a leg injury and not weight.