Jonathan Rhys Meyers on getting kicked out of school at 15

Jonathan Rhys Meyers has revealed he left school at 15 after being expelled because he had no interest in his classes.

He told Details magazine recently: “I wanted to do anything but be in school and that thing wasn’t f***ing science, f***ing maths or f***ing history.”

“When I got asked to leave, my mother had a go at me - she was livid. We didn’t have any money, and she really believed education was important. [I thought] ‘Now what do I do? I can’t just sit around the house and watch TV.’ My mum wouldn’t have it. So I had to go and look for a job.”

Instead, Jonathan took to hanging around a local pool hall where he was discovered by casting agents, who encouraged him to pursue a career in acting.

He added: “As a kid, I never thought I wanted to be an actor. But I do remember sitting around and watching Johnny Depp on 21 Jump Street - my favorite show - and thinking, ‘How cool is that?’”