Jonathan Rhys Meyers is on a mission for film success.

From: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) | Date: May 11, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Roger Moore

Playing the lead in a Woody Allen thriller, tossing in layers of murderous ambition, blind lust, blinder panic and evil cunning? Easy enough, says Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

"But pretending you're in a helicopter, being chased by another helicopter through a field of giant windmills, when you're really in a warehouse in L.A., that takes acting," he says with a laugh.

Rhys Meyers is past his big winter buzz from Allen's "Match Point"...

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