Michael apparently did an interview for the October 2011 issue of Men's Health magazine while in Canada filming Alien: Genesis in August and the actor, known for his controversial comments, seems to have topped himself yet again. The two big standout quotes are where he says "I think I've lost respect for most women. I mean, almost every woman I know or have met, including my own mother, any woman I've dated or tried to date, for the most part, is involved with a man who doesn't treat her all that great. From my experiences, and this is my own personal experiences, I'd say a good 90% of the girls I know in relationships are not happy and it's because she chose a guy who treats her like shit. Whose fault is that? There are so many good guys out here dying to get laid, dying to hold a girl's hand, to be loved, to show a woman their love and respect, and they get the shaft. They get the friend zone, because most women are too stupid and shallow and blind to see what's good for them and it pisses me off. It makes me sick. It's very very strange...the way (women) think."......and then the second is where he confesses "I know it sounds crazy to say this since we only knew each other for a few months and only worked together as director and actor but I honestly believe that I was falling in love with her (referring to Trust Me director/writer Kathleen Roberts)". For the rest of the interview, read below or visit THIS link:
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There's an old saying that goes: "When the body is tired, exercise the mind". Michael Reese Meyers never heard that one apparently because he just keeps on going. His work schedule is never ending and he is trying to pull a Christian Bale as we speak. He just finished filming Trust Me, a hard hitting drama about two teenage best friends from different walks of life (one comes from a wholesome family and is a virgin, the other a hard partying slutty bad girl from a broken home) who do not know their respective online "boyfriends" are actually the same guy, a middle aged overweight pedophile who has some sinister plans for them when they meet in person. Shaenece Richards, daughter of Denise Richards and Oscar nominated star of last year's Clint Eastwood western remake True Grit, plays the aforementioned goody goody of the two. The pot smoking rebel friend is played by Jennifer Lawrence, the feisty blonde North Carolina born newcomer who stole the show in last year's Winter's Bone (which also got her an Oscar nomination as well), portrayed the young Mystique in this summer's X-Men: First Class, and will be headlining next year's The Hunger Games big screen adaptation.
The balding, fat child predator in his mid 30's in the film is played by none other than Meyers, who people on set proclaim was 'unrecognizable'. Meyers gained almost 20 pounds of fat for the role, then had to shed it immediately for his current project, Alien: Genesis, where he plays a very thin android. Meyers said the weight gain for Trust Me was very difficult ("alot of ice cream and pizza everyday" he says) but dropping it was very easy. "I lost it all in less than a week. It was freaky". Meyers admits "I'm glad I'm only, screen time wise, in very little of each of these films, because this is killing my body. I don't know how Christian Bale does it". Meyers is naturally thin and growing up being frail was his biggest insecurity, along with his voice. "People said I sounded like a girl. It's one of the reasons I change my voice in every role I play. I still hate the sound of (my voice)." Fitness began to play a role in his life as a high schooler who wanted to fit in with the football team, but his metabolism wouldn't allow him to gain much weight. "I ate like a cow, drank protein shakes, took creatine, amino acid pills, lifted weights every single day. And after several months I think I gained a whopping 10 pounds." It took a while for him to grow into his body, and thus his confidence. He is now growing more comfortable with leading man roles, such as being the new Bond since this June's release of Quantum of Solace, but he still enjoys small supporting roles. "Most actors who have achieved what I have aren't doing 15 minute parts like the ones I have in Trust Me or Alien: Genesis. But I enjoy popping up in roles you wouldn't expect. It's like a where's waldo kinda thing, haha. I think it's cool. I just go for the coolness and unique-ness of the role, not necessarily the size of it."
Meyers was reluctant at first to take on the role in Trust Me since it did not pay much (and ultimately ended up paying nearly nothing) but is now gushing over how the film was "by far the best experience I've ever had making a movie". He sites the friendships he made within the cast and all the parties as the main reasons he had such a great time shooting it. Another reason may be the Irish production assistant and aspiring actress he met on set, Neve O'Reilly, whom he calls "fiesty, arrogant, sexy, smart, tough, brunette, everything I'm unfortunately attracted to in a woman". The two became "incredibly close" on set and are "dating" according to him. He says they have been spending almost everyday together since filming wrapped and she will be spending sometime with him in LA when Alien: Genesis wraps. "I'm excited. She's a very interesting girl and she's special. I don't know where we are gonna go but it's fun for now. For the first time I am not trying to control things or worry about the future. She showed me my biggest flaw, my issue with control, and has helped me with it. It's (an) open (relation), we are just doing our thing. No strings. Taking our time. She's real smart and she's taught me alot about life, relationships, my own flaws, and mistakes I've made. Most pretty girls have nothing intelligent to say but she's different. I love that."
In his next film, The Devil's Double, he will have much more than a 15 minute role. He is the star, and will portray TWO characters. The Oliver Stone directed action thriller focuses on the late Uday Hussein, son of the late Iraqi dictator Saddam, who forced a soldier bearing his resemblance named Latif (who also wrote the book the film is based on) to be his body double during a time when assassins were gunning for him. "Uday is Tony Montana on steroids" Meyers says. "He is the human id, out of control. He has whores everywhere, collects Ferraris, does coke every morning, and can pretty much do whatever he wants. He has a hair trigger temper and whipping and torture are his favorite methods of 'discipline' for those who disobey him. But he is also incredibly incompetent as a leader and government representative. His father is ashamed and embarrassed of him and Uday knows this and takes this self loathing out on everyone else around him, including Latif. His psyche is gonna be so much fun to get inside of". Special technology will be used to have Meyers on screen interacting with himself at the same time and he says he cannot wait to "sink his teeth" into both characters. His co-star in the film will be Neve O'Reilly, whom Meyers himself discovered on the set of Trust Me and convinced Stone to let her audition. "I didn't just GIVE her the part. I am not in charge. Oliver is. All I did was get Oliver to let her audition and she won the part, fair and square" says Meyers. "When she told me she was a struggling actress it blew my mind because the night before Oliver and I were on the phone discussing a possible girl to play Moira, the prostitute that Uday called his favorite, who was Irish, that Latif fell in love with and ended up running off with and marrying. It turned out perfect."
But the more Meyers talks about his time on the set of Trust Me the more it seems obvious Neve was not the only woman he was fond of on that shoot. He cannot go 30 seconds without saying something incredibly congratulatory about the film's writer/director Kathleen Roberts (member of the famous Julia/Eric/Emma Roberts clan). But after each compliment, he always pauses, seems to drift off into some really good memory he refuses to share, then seemingly, as if regretting what he just said, quickly changes the subject. When pushed to answer the question about what he liked most about Kathleen (who he affectionately calls "Kat"), Meyers contemplates how forthcoming he wants to be until he visibly loses the ability to keep his feelings inside anymore. "I think she's the most perfect woman I've ever met. I'm not kidding. From the moment we met, I knew, I'm gonna fall for this chick, hard." He mentions her poise, calm demeanor, intelligence, wit, and ambition as the biggest attractions he had toward her, along with her beauty. "I think she has one of the most beautiful faces I've ever seen" he adds. We asked him to elaborate on his earlier blog comments that everyone hooked up on the set and if that included him and her. He got incredibly serious and simply replied "she's in a relationship". He continued, "Look, all I can say is..I know it sounds crazy to say this since we only knew each other for a few months and only worked together as director and actor but I honestly believe that I was falling in love with her. She literally has everything I want in a woman. Even hearing her speak put me in a trance. She has such a smooth way of speaking, it like hypnotizes you. Very few women have been able to put me in that mental zone, that state of a pure natural high when you are around them, Mel had it, and Kat had it too. But I guess it wasn't meant to be". When asked if she knows of his feelings, Meyers only would say "I've hinted at it with her in the past but I think she knows now, haha".
Meyers' issues with women have been well documented and he sounds incredibly pessimistic about his chances of finding love. "I hope it's out there. I'm never gonna give up. But I look around and what I see doesn't give me much optimism." When asked what he feels is holding him back he quickly replies "I think I've lost respect for most women. I mean, almost every woman I know or have met, including my own mother, any woman I've dated or tried to date, for the most part, is involved with a man who doesn't treat her all that great. From my experiences, and this is my own personal experiences, I'd say a good 90% of the girls I know in relationships are not happy and it's because she chose a guy who treats her like shit. Whose fault is that? There are so many good guys out here dying to get laid, dying to hold a girl's hand, to be loved, to show a woman their love and respect, and they get the shaft. They get the friend zone, because most women are too stupid and shallow and blind to see what's good for them and it pisses me off. It makes me sick. It's very very strange...the way (women) think." Meyers at this point, knowing he has made a remark that will once again garner him much negative press, seems anxious to end the interview. He pulls out his cell phone to check his Facebook. "I wanna get a head start on all the comments I'm gonna get for this."
