Jonathan Rhys Meyers has described one-night stands as "meaningless and dull", after giving them up in his mid 20s and advised other actors not to bed their "leading lady".

The 30-year-old actor, who plays Henry VIII in The Tudors, has revealed that he got tired of stranger sex at the age of 26, but refused to say how many encounters he had had.

"I got bored of one-night stands when I was about 26," BANG Media International reports he told New Woman magazine.

"They were fun when I was young but now I'm 30 I think they're meaningless and dull. I won't say how many I've had it could be two, it could be 200."

Meyers also added that it was best not to sleep with your co-star "on the first day of rehearsals".

"Especially if your roles require sexual chemistry. Sleeping together spoils it. Maybe that's why I haven't dated an actress for nine years."

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