New York, July 9 - After playing a creepy, violent con man who mistreats women in his new film, 'Poseidon' star Josh Lucas wants to find a much 'lighter tone in his love life'.

'In Death In Love', the actor portrays a sick misogynist who treats women terribly, but he insists the dark role gave him fresh perspective when it comes to his romance with actress Rachel McAdams.

'It made me want a different kind of love in my life, that's for sure. It made me absolutely not want to ever feel this level of pain that I was willing to do to myself and other people for the character. It made me want to stay away from the kind of relationship where you're in a cycle of destruction with each other,' Imdb.com quoted him as saying.

'After this film, I really hungered to find a much lighter tone in my love life. I was very proud that I went there for the film but I didn't feel for one second the desire to live that in real life.