Colin Farrell's 10 Craziest Antics

Shenanigans - (Noun) 1. Colin Farrell.

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Colin Farrell can’t help but be a rebel. In Dead Man Down, out today, he plays a gangster seeking revenge on the gang who killed his wife and daughter, totally ignoring the whole don’t-stoop-to-their-level thing. His latest role as a bad boy pursuing vengeance harks back to others in his repertoire, like the bad boy stuck in a phone booth (Phone Booth) the bad boy who conquered the Persian empire (Alexander), and the bad boy who happens to be a vampire (Fright Night).

And yet, the 36-year-old Dublin native manages to be even more of a badass in the press, repeatedly living up to his reputation as a hard-partying lothario. He didn’t get dubbed “the lusty leprechaun” for nothing—these are Colin Farrell’s Craziest Antics. 

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During college, Farrell spent a night in jail for shoplifting.

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While attending Gormanston boarding school, Farrell pushed a supervisor against the wall and punched him for grabbing him. He was later expelled.

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In 2005, 70-year-old actress Eileen Atkins reported that Farrell repeatedly asked her for sex with no strings attached during the filming of Ask the Dust.

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In 2001, Farrell spontaneously eloped with Amelia Warner and divorced her four months later.

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Before walking the red carpet together at the premiere of his film The Recruit in 2003, Colin Farrell evidently got drunk with Britney Spears.

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Of his friendship with Elizabeth Taylor, the actor told Access Hollywood, "How did we become friends? You know, the old story of boy meets girl, the boy pesters the girl with too many phone calls at inappropriate hours of the night."

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At a party thrown by Val Kilmer during the last week of filming Alexander, Farrell, who was so drunk he could hardly stand, insisted on doing an Irish jig. When he jumped off a two-foot-high table, he landed badly, breaking his ankle and his wrist.

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During the filming of Alexander, Angelina Jolie reportedly got so fed up with Farrell's drunken antics that she demanded to be removed from the same hotel as him and switched to another hotel with her son Maddox.

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In 2005, Colin was forced to go to court to seek an injunction against his Playmate ex-girlfriend Nicole Narain to stop her from releasing a 15-minute sex tape on the Internet. Farrell won the case and prevented the tape from ever being leaked to the public.

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In 2006, People Magazine estimated Colin's drinking and drug habits in a week to be "20 ectasy pills, 4 grams of coke, 6 grams of speed, 1/2 ounce of hash, 3 bottles of Jack Daniels, 12 bottles of wine, 60 pints of beer and 280 cigarettes."

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