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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...
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 on Sacrificing His Life, Declining The ‘300’ Sequel and His… Bar Mitzvah
The Scottish actor speaks to THR about his new film, "Olympus Has Fallen," discusses whether he could die for somebody and clears the air over why he's not returning to Sparta. Gerard Butler has seen these kind of odds before. The Scottish actor stars later this month...
The “Olympus Has Fallen†Cast Comes to Town, Mayhem Ensues
[b In interviews in Washington yesterday, Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Angela Bassett, and Antoine Fuqua talked falling in love, blowing up the White House, and leaving film for theater. [/b Yesterday was Aaron Eckhart's 45th birthday, and judging from the way he was...
‘Olympus Has Fallen’: Gerard Butler on Getting ‘Even’ With Dylan McDermott
The actor recalls the cigarette burn that left a mark while filming the Antoine Fuqua-directed action thriller. In Gerard Butler's latest action flick Olympus Has Fallen, the actor plays a former Secret Service agent who returns to the White House when the President...
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...
Gerard Butler planning to bring in New Year at Perth fire festival
Hollywood movie star Gerard Butler is coming home for a good old Scottish Hogmanay – and his plans look set to be smoking hot, with the Paisley-born star revealing that he's going to be taking part in the Comrie Flambeaux, an ancient fire festival, to bring in the...
Spending time with Gerard Butler
There's never been anything conventional about Gerard Butler or his career. Having originally studied to be a lawyer, at the age of 25 he made a creative U-turn that was to set him on the path to fame, fortune and, by his own admission, contentment. The 43-year-old...
New Holiday Special ‘Dreamworks Dragons Gift of the Night Fury’ to Premiere Monday, December 17 on FOX
FOX UNWRAPS THE WORLD BROADCAST PREMIERE OF “DREAMWORKS DRAGONS: GIFT OF THE NIGHT FURY,†A MUST-SEE HOLIDAY SPECIAL INSPIRED BY THE HIT ANIMATION FILM “HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON†MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 On Monday, Dec. 17 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT), FOX presents the...
‘Chasing Mavericks’ inspirational, surfs up ambition
Film: "Chasing Mavericks"; Cast: Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston, Levin Rambin, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer; Directors: Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted; Rating: *** 1/2 An inspirational movie, thoroughly warm with human emotions and entertaining, "Chasing Mavericks"...
‘Chasing Mavericks’ Review: Gerard Butler Shines in Predictable Plot
When we first meet Jay Moriarity, he's an 8-year-old California boy with a passion for timing ocean waves, but it turns out to be a bit of a dangerous hobby. On this particular day, a friend's dog chases a ball to the end of the rocks, where the waves meet the shore....
Ahlan! Chats to Hottie Gerard Butler in Dubai
Team Ahlan! were super excited to catch up with ladies' man and Hollywood heart-throb Gerard Butler, who was in Dubai for the launch of the Roger Dubuis boutique Hotness alert! Gerard Butler was in Dubai last night (7 November) for the launch of the Roger Dubuis...
Gerard Butler Signs On For ‘Dynamo’
Gerard Butler has been set to star in Dynamo, a true story based on the novel Dynamo: Defending The Honour Of Kiev by Andy Dougan. Eli Richbourg adapted the screenplay. Riviera Pictures, Beau Flynn of FlynnPictureCo., and Jeremy Garelick will produce. Pathé...
Gerard Butler Jumps Channing Tatum in White House Movie Race
UPDATED: FilmDistrict will release "Olympus Has Fallen" in April -- nearly three months before Sony opens "White House Down." FilmDistrict has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Olympus Has Fallen, starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman. The film,...
Chasing Mavericks: Gerard Butler Dishes Surfing as Life
Gerard Butler told Movie Fanatic that he had tried surfing only three or four times before accepting the role in Chasing Mavericks. The film is a true story about Frosty Hesson (Butler) and his training of a teenage surfer Jay Moriarity (Jonny Weston) to tackle the...