Gerard Butler interview for The Ugly Truth

Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by h0ausagi in Actors

Chuck the Movieguy interviews Gerard Butler for The Ugly Truth. Closed Captioned for the hearing impaired and translated into all languages.

About Gerald Butler

Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor known for his portrayal of King Leonidas in 300, The Phantom in the 2004 film version of The Phantom of the Opera, Gerry Kennedy in P.S. I Love You, One Two in RocknRolla Mike Chadway in The Ugly Truth and is now filming The Bounty, a romantic comedy with Jennifer Aniston.

Career

Butler graduated from the School of Law at Glasgow University before embarking on his early career in stage plays. His first roles were in Coriolanus and in the stage version of Trainspotting.

In 2005, he starred in ‘The Game of Their Lives‘, a film based on a true story of the 1950 U.S. soccer team who beat England 1 – 0 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The same year he was cast as Beowulf in the Sturla Gunnarsson film production of ‘Beowulf & Grendel‘.

In 2009, Butler co-starred in the battle of the sexes comedy ‘The Ugly Truth‘ with Katherine Heigl. The film was released on 24 July 2009. The film made $27.6 million in its opening weekend and, as of September 3, has grossed $103 million worldwide. Butler was next seen in Lionsgate’s Gamer, a futuristic thriller, co-produced by Paramount Pictures and Relativity Media, which began filming in November 2007 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was released on September 4, 2009. In the film, Butler played Kable, the No. 1-ranked warrior in the highest-rated game, which is called “Slayers“.

Personal life

Butler currently splits his time between Los Angeles and New York City. He has a pug named Lolita.

Butler was a heavy smoker but quit smoking in 2007 when he played Gerry Kennedy in PS, I Love You. “I was smoking a huge amount and having real bad premonitions and then I got this role where the guy dies of cancer”, Butler said. “The film made me contemplate death and realize I was playing Russian roulette with my health. I’ve stopped smoking since”.

Butler said in an Esquire interview in 2009 that he abstains from alcohol.