‘The Tudors being The Tudors, pretty soon my character was having sex with Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ she grins. ‘I was lucky, though, because the make-up department spent two hours covering up my tattoo with body make-up, but as soon as I put on my corset, it rubbed off immediately.
As there were no tattoos in Tudor times, the director couldn’t do all the shots they wanted in the bedroom. So I was like, dammit! I have to keep my clothes on!’ she feigns disappointment while laughing. ‘I totally dodged a bullet.’
Nevertheless Katie still had to grin and bear it in a fairly explicit scene as sexy Bess purrs at King Henry ‘Are you really the King of England?’ ‘There is always that awkward moment at dinner when someone’s parent says they’ve seen me in The Tudors’ she confides. ‘It’s a bit like, ‘oh, God, how do I continue the conversation from here?’
The onscreen shenanigans in the series bonded the cast closely and soon there was speculation that life was imitating art, after Katie and Jonathan Rhys Meyers were pictured with each other, protesting at the Hill of Tara and partying at Electric Picnic.
‘We were never together’ Katie insists. ‘There were stories in the papers at the time but we’re just really good mates. Is Jonny my type? I guess so. He’s really beautiful and smart. And I like smart. The pair remain close friends, and Katie is clearly upset when I mention Jonathan’s recent struggles. ‘It’s been difficult, because I’m filming and away and he’s filming and away, and friendships like that are always hard,” she says. “It is a really difficult time for him and, you know, you just want your friends to be OK and I just hope that he is. ‘I’ll text him or call him just to say, ‘Listen, I’m here.’ He’s a really sensitive guy and I think that’s what makes him such a great actor. He uses the pain in his work.”
Source: Irish Independent
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