He's Henry VIII, he is

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: March 30, 2007| Author: Scott D. Pierce Deseret Morning News | Copyright information

Jonathan Rhys Meyers does not play the Henry VIII we've come to expect.

In the Showtime series "The Tudors," which premieres Sunday at 11 p.m., perhaps England's most famous king is not the portly guy we've seen in that famous portrait. This is a young, powerful, athletic man ruling a kingdom.

It's not like he's totally unrecognizable -- he is a man of, ahem, lusty appetites -- but this is a new take on the monarch.

In a conference call with TV critics, Rhys Meyers said he...

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