Jared Leto does justice to powerful ballad, delivers beautifully

Sep 20, 2013 07:15 GMT  ·  By

Jared Leto is one of the very few entertainers to be able to boast of having successfully made the transition from acting to music, or vice versa. A respectable and versatile actor, he’s just as successful as the frontman of the rock band 30 Seconds to Mars.

Proof of how talented he is as a singer is found in the video embedded above, of 30 Seconds to Mars doing a beautiful cover of Rihanna’s superb ballad “Stay.”

It was recorded for BBC Radio 1 a few days ago and, if you thought Rihanna delivered perfection with her “Stay,” I dare you to press play and be shown differently.

For those who are still not into Jared (and his gorgeous hair) as a rock star, they can catch him on the big screen as well this year: he stars in “Dallas Buyers Club” with Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner, playing an HIV-infected transvestite.