Colin Farrell: My Son James Changed My Life

Actor Colin Farrell has said he would be dead today if it wasn’t for his six-year-old son James.

In a revealing interview the In Bruges actor has also told how he has a “propensity for addiction” and struggled with his identity after coming out of rehab.

The 32-year-old star had James with model Kim Bordenave. The boy suffers from a nerve disorder.Interviewed for a series on Irish TV, he said: “I don’t know if I would be here if I hadn’t had him (James).“He was a huge part of me going in and making certain changes in my life.”

The Irish actor who first made his name in Bally­kissangel, said: “I had a blast of a time. I went over to Los Angeles and it was handed to me on a plate, parties in the Playboy mansion and this and that and the other.”

Eventually Farrell did bow to family pressure and went to a rehab clinic after he finished filming blockbuster Miami Vice in 2005.“The negative aspect to all this good fortune was loneliness. I never figured it out.“I just had a broken heart and was profoundly sad. I had all these wonderful things in my life and yet I found myself at this point.”