In an interview, Gerard Butler recalled his visit to the holy city of Varanasi in India. The actor said he had the most magical experience. Gerard said in the interview that he meditated on the banks of the river Ganga and also performed a private puja which he called...
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Gerard Butler Celebrated His 50th Birthday By Releasing Sea Turtles Into The Ocean
Gerard Butler is sharing more about how he marked the big 5-0. The now 51-year-old Scottish actor opened up about his 50th birthday bash in a new interview with Total Film Magazine. Butler turned 50 in Nov. 2019 but has only just shared details about the celebration...
Gerard Butler: Coronavirus pandemic will help audiences relate to Greenland
Gerard Butler believes that viewers will have a deeper understanding of his disaster movie Gerard Butler believes that the coronavirus pandemic will give viewers a "deeper understanding" of his new movie 'Greenland'. The 51-year-old actor plays John Garrity in the...
Gerard Butler on being haunted by bush fire disaster that burned down his home
The Paisley-born star, 51, had his own real-life brush with disaster when his home was destroyed in the Woolsey Fire in California Gerard Butler is a Scots superstar who has brought in billions to Hollywood’s box office with a string of disaster movies. From Olympus...
Gerard Butler Is Singlehandedly Keeping the Everyman Action Hero Alive
Saluting an A-plus B-movie star. One night, when he was 15 years old, Gerard Butler dreamed about the movie Krull. The 1983 science fiction saga, which he calls “a cheap version of Lord of the Rings,” earned poor reviews and flopped at the box office. But its...
Gerard Butler on his break-up and near-career-ending injury
In a very candid new interview, the star reflects on his recent heartbreak and the devastating moment that almost made him quit acting. Having reached the milestone of 50, as well as surviving his motorbike accident and several surgeries, it’s understandable that...
Gerard Butler on how his Hollywood stardom revolves around a return to his roots
BUTLER'S latest explosive roles are a long way from his Scottish roots as he gets set to star in Gods of Egypt and Olympus follow up London Has Fallen - but heart will always lie in Scotland. "ROMANTIC, warring and passionate†is how Gerard Butler described the rich...
Gerard Butler Thinks He Needs to Smile More in Paparazzi Photos
Ask Gerard Butler which of his movies is his favorite, and he doesn't miss a beat. “Probably Bounty Hunter,†he says, naming the 2010 Jennifer Aniston action-comedy-romance with enough conviction to produce a polite “Really?†from me. This results in a series...
Gerard Butler On Manscaping, His Perfect Woman, and the Art of Smelling Irresistible
Gerard Butler smells good—really good, which is one of his many attributes. He is tall, dark, and handsome in that irresistibly scruffy kind of way, complete with all the extras—sexy accent, rugged boy-next-door charm, and a sarcastic sense of humor that draws out...
GLAMOUR interviews Gerard Butler – prepare to swoon
The gorgeous Gerard Butler has taken over from Ryan Reynolds, and is the new ambassador for BOSS BOTTLED - a heavenly scent for men. The campaign also marks Butler's first appearance as an ambassador for a man's fragrance, so to celebrate this milestone, we sat down...
Gerard Butler goes where the action is, whether it be ‘Gods of Egypt’ or ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
The 44-year-old Gerard Butler looks very buff, having pumped a lot of iron for “Gods of Egypt,†which he just finished shooting in Australia for Alex Proyas (“Dark Cityâ€). At one point, the actor says, he did 12 straight days of sword fighting, sometimes 15...
Gerard Butler goes where the action is, whether it be ‘Gods of Egypt’ or ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
The 44-year-old Gerard Butler looks very buff, having pumped a lot of iron for “Gods of Egypt,†which he just finished shooting in Australia for Alex Proyas (“Dark Cityâ€). At one point, the actor says, he did 12 straight days of sword fighting, sometimes 15...
Gerard Butler: King Among Men
Gerard Butler is a study in contrast. The actor skyrocketed to fame as the bad boy foil to Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, followed up by his epic, ultra-physical role in 300, but he's equally versed in musicals, as evidenced by his starring role in Phantom...
Hollywood star Gerard Butler tells how visits to his homeland help keep him grounded
[i]WHILE Gerard is a multi-millionaire Hollywood A-lister, he says he doesn't care about the celebrity lifestyle and insists he will always be "little old Gerry".[/i] SITTING in the garden of his family home in Comrie, Perthshire, Gerard Butler is no longer the big...
‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Star Gerard Butler: ‘I Train Harder Than Anybody, I Want Them To Say “He’s Nuts”‘
Gerard Butler faced his toughest test when he played his new film, 'Olympus Has Fallen' to a preview audience. At the end of the action thriller, all about the White House being taken over by terrorists, one man stood up and told him, “I'm Secret Service.†“I...
Gerard Butler: ‘There’s A Lot Of Gallows Humour When You’re In Dire Situations’
With Olympus Has Fallen in cinemas 17th April, we spoke to star Gerard Butler about the hugely enjoyable action film. Training Day director Antoine Fuqua threatens to give Roland Emmerich a run for his money in the destruction stakes, when North Korean terrorists take...
Gerard Butler on North Korea, motorcycle jackets and training with Navy SEALS
One morning recently, Gerard Butler walked into his hotel room, flicked on the news from North Korea, and for a moment felt like he was back on the set of his latest film. "It's almost like we had a crystal ball," says the 43-year-old native Scotsman, relaxing in a...
TopGear.com chats with Gerard Butler
[i]King Leonidas himself talks BMWs, Mustangs and his new movie, Olympus Has Fallen[/i] The fear of being unceremoniously and painfully jettisoned into a black chasm of death by a leather-sandaled foot is currently taking up some of my thought process. I am sitting...
Gerard Butler: “There’s A Lot Of Gallows Humour When You’re In Dire Situations”
With Olympus Has Fallen in cinemas 17th April, we spoke to star Gerard Butler about the hugely enjoyable action film. Training Day director Antoine Fuqua threatens to give Roland Emmerich a run for his money in the destruction stakes, when North Korean terrorists take...
Gerard Butler Talks Joining Twitter & Not Being Great at It!
Gerard Butler phoned in to “On Air with Ryan Seacrest†to chat about his latest action-packed flick Olympus Has Fallen. Gerard, who plays secret service Agent Mike Banning and has to save the President from a terrorist attack on the White House, revealed he...
Gerard Butler talks about his star-studded Oscars spoof
[i]Doing a Taken spoof with Jimmy Kimmel[/i] Total Film caught up with Gerard Butler recently, and the Scottish star told us about his role in Jimmy Kimmel's epic post-Oscars skit. When we asked Butler if he'd been working on anything on the day of our interview, he...
Gerard Butler: ‘Argo’ will take the Oscar
[i]The actor is still deciding on his Oscar day plans, Adrien Brody party-hops with girlfriend Lara Lieto and Paul Haggis dishes on his new movie.[/i] HOLLYWOOD -- Gerard Butler's officially in Argo's corner. "Ben Affleck is turning out to really be one of the...
Top o’ the mornin’ to ya!
Gerard Butler produced one of the worst Irish accents of all time in 'PS I Love You', so why is he now playing a leprechaun, asks Stephen Milton Well bejaysus and begorrah, Hollywood's not been the kindest to us Irish. To be sure, they've only managed to butcher and...
Worldwide A-Lister Gerard Butler
He says he doesn't like it here, that he wants to go home to do the interview, unaware of the reaction of the waitress, the only one left in the deserted restaurant, who hurries after him to beg for a photo with him, suddenly followed by a whole entourage of her girl...
Gerard Butler: Having a ball
GERARD Butler has had a busy month. Dubai, Toronto, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Oslo. And Scotland. He celebrated his 43rd birthday last month and knew he had to do it in the motherland, so he made a stopover on his way back to the US, where he lives between New...