Colin Farrell's Failed Seduction of 70 Year Old

At the age of 70 she may have thought her days of being romanced by Hollywood heart-throbs were behind her.

But Dame Eileen Atkins says Colin Farrell - some 42 years her junior - spent more than two hours trying to seduce her. Eileen Atkins, one of the creators of the classic television series Upstairs Downstairs, revealed in an interview that she was propositioned by the actor just a few months ago.

Asked about her sex life on a recent talk show, she said "I was doing a movie and three weeks before my 70th birthday, a simply stunningly gorgeous big film star aged 28 years old, came into my hotel room for sex without strings".

"I spent two and a half hours saying No. But it was pure bliss and it made me sail through my 70th birthday without a care in the world".

"It cheered me up fantastically. I said No in the end because he said, "The reason you won't do it is because your body isn't as good as it was when you were young isn't it? That's why you're saying No. I don't care about that. I don't care".

"But I'm too proud of how I looked when I was younger. My body is still the same weight, but it's all distributed in a different way!" The actress, who was made a Dame in June 2001, intended to spare Mr Farrell the embarrassment of having his rejection made public.

But her agent said later: "I can confirm that it is Colin Farrell that made an advance".

Dame Eileen and Farrell will be seen together in the film Ask The Dust, which is due for release later this year.

Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears, Demi Moore and Naomi Campbell are among the women said to have fallen for Farrell, star of the epic flop Alexander.

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