Colin Farrell-Trivia

Some Trivial Information about Colin Farrell are:

• Colin Farrell was ranked #98 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. It is his first appearance on the list.
  
• Colin Farrell named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2003.
  
• His mother, Rita, forced him to take dancing lessons once his brother, Emmon Farrell Jr., started them. Emmon Jr. also got him into acting by attending an acting school and later recommending it to Colin.
  
• Colin Farrell voted 6th in 'The World's Sexiest Man of 2003' in Company magazine.
  
• His girlfriend, model Kim Bordenave, gave birth to a 7lb. 9oz. baby boy called James Padraig. He was born on Friday September 12th, 2003 in a Los Angeles hospital.
  
• Colin Farrell's son has suffered from chronic insomnia since he was 12 years old.
  
• One of his favourites books is "When Nietzsche wept" by Irvin D. Yalom.
  
• Colin Farrell is former son-in-law of actress Annette Ekblom.
  
• He says that growing up, one of his childhood idols was Al Pacino. He got the chance to work opposite his hero in The Recruit (2003) (an experience he described as "scary as hell to work opposite a legend," even though he says Pacino was one of the kindest men he'd ever met and says they still hang out together).
  
• On his left ring finger, above the knuckle he has the name "Millie" tattooed. "Millie" was a nickname for his first wife, Amelia Warner.
  
• Colin Farrell has two tattoos on his left forearm. The first one is the words "Carpe Diem" (Latin for "Seize the day"). Beside this tattoo there is a second tattoo, which is a black cross.
  
• Daredevil (2003) marks the first time he has been able to use his own Irish accent in an American movie.
  
• His idol Al Pacino called him "the best actor of his generation."
  
• His unauthorized biography by Jane Kelly: "Colin Farrell: Living dangerously".
  
• Colin Farrell was originally considered for the role of Matt Murdock/Daredevil in the 2003 film adaptation of the Daredevil (2003) comic while Ben Affleck, who ultimately played Murdock, was originally considered for the part of Bullseye (Farrell's character).
  
• His acting idols and influences are Al Pacino, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, James Caan, and Marlon Brando.
  
• Colin Farrell weighed 1 lb. 6 oz. at birth.
  
• Colin Farrell was accompanied by Britney Spears to the S.W.A.T. (2003) US- premiere.
  
• Colin Farrell was a line dancing instructor in a nightclub in Limerick called Docs (now known as Trinity Rooms).
  
• Colin Farrell resides in Dublin and Los Angeles.
  
• Colin Farrell has twice taken roles meant for Heath Ledger. One of the roles was Alexander (2004), the second role was The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). Farrell, along with Jude Law and Johnny Depp, will play a physically altered form of Ledger's character as he travels through different worlds.
  
• Colin Farrell was considered for the part of James Bond in Casino Royale (2006).