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Despite the fact that Gerard Butler is chosen by the readers of the magazine Empire one of the 100 sexiest stars in the history of cinema, he is not only a pretty face.
Speaking of his experience as a movie star, he admits, “It's not the worst thing that can happen to you when women have that impression of you. It's flattering. It's nice when you pass by beautiful girl on the street and she (widely) smiles back at you. But the reality is that I am not a womanizer, and I appreciate the opportunity to talk to women from the heart, some of whom are my best friends.”
He still views women as something of a mystery. mystical power. “There is something unknown and mysterious in a woman, and I really like it. Women have a very different outlook on life than men, and that is what is so attractive about them, among many others. What excites me the most is the opportunity to understand a woman and be grateful to her for the sensuality and romance that she brings into your life. Nothing lifts your spirits (nothing makes me so happy) than being around a woman who can just melt your heart with just one look (the way she looks at you).”
He is credited with many novels with Hollywood beauties outside the set, but he tries to ignore all the rumors to the maximum. In fact, he is more interested in living his full life than being the so-called celebrity Casanova.
“I know exactly what I want from life, what is real and what is not. I'm pretty driven and obsessed in my profession, but I'm also good at having a good time outside of work, so for me being famous is not the point, not something I'm obsessed with. I try to separate my professional activity and leisure time with friends. I learned from my own bitter experience, you must know exactly what you want in order to understand who you really are. I like to be constantly on the move and moving forward.”
Gerard became the third child in the family of Margaret (née Hunton) and Edward Butler (he has a brother and sister). When he was 6 months old, the family moved to Montreal (Canada), where his father made several attempts to create his own business. However, all his efforts ended in failure, and he blamed his wife and children for all failures. Margaret could not stand it and filed for divorce. In 1971, together with the children, she returned to Scotland in her hometown Paisley, where she soon remarried. Paisley was the place where Gerard Butler grew up throughout his childhood. Since they lived not far from the cinema, Gerard loved to go there with his mother, and Magic world cinema fascinated him. Once he managed to persuade his mother to take him to a couple of auditions. After some time, Gerard began to play in the Scottish Youth Theatre, and at the age of twelve he got a small role as street boy Oliver in the production of the same name at the Theater Royal Glasgow. But Margaret did not approve of her son's passion for the stage and believed that he should get a good profession. However, playing on stage did not prevent Gerard from being the best student in the class. But, when the question arose about choosing a specialty, Gerard, in order not to upset his parents, went to college at the University of Glasgow for Faculty of Law. Here, too, he turned out to be one of the best students and was elected president of the student law society. But immediately after graduation, he goes to Los Angeles to try his luck in the acting profession. But the dreams of a fast acting career have remained dreams. The only thing that he managed to achieve in a year and a half of screen tests was the role of an extra in the film "The Bodyguard". At this time, he learns that his father has cancer and goes to Canada. Ever since Gerard last time I saw my father, 14 years have passed. Edward Butler dies in his son's arms, and after the funeral, Gerard returns to Scotland. He joins Morton Frazer, one of Edinburgh's largest law firms, for a two-year internship. There he met Alan Stewart, who became his friend and played a very important role in his life. Gerard was making progress in his work, but he never got a taste for it. Work from nine to five, routine and hopelessness oppressed him. Even participation in the rock group Speed, organized with the help of Alan, did not save. A prolonged depression began, and Gerard became addicted to alcohol [source?]. Friends more than once pulled him literally from under the wheels of cars and repeatedly saw him banging his head against the wall in impotent rage. He often woke up with severe cuts, bruises and lacerations on his body, but could not remember how he received them. One day he woke up on the roof of a skyscraper from the shouting of his friend Alan. Gerard couldn't remember how he got to the top, and the arrival of his friend saved him from the last step into the void. At some point, he became interested in nothing but drinking and he drank with everyone who could keep him company. Drinking almost ruined his life and career. A week before the end of the internship, Gerard was fired from his job. In Edinburgh, on the stage of the Fringe Festival, Gerard saw the play "Trainspotting" and finally realized that he had chosen the wrong profession. Two days after his dismissal, he went to London in search of acting happiness. But even in London, no one was in a hurry to open doors for him. He had to change several professions, from a waiter to a wind-up toy demonstrator, before he got a job at London's Marmaid Theater, but even then only as a casting assistant for a production of Shakespeare's play Coriolanus. This production was directed by Steven Birkoff, who was approached by Butler one day in a cafe to ask for an audition. Impressed by his courage, Birkoff agreed and thus Butler got his first professional job. acting role. And after some time, he plays a leading role in Ireland in the production of Trainspotting, which he had previously admired from the auditorium. Filmography. Mrs Brown Brown Archie Brown 1997 "Tomorrow Never Dies" Tomorrow Never Dies sailor 1997 "The Mummy: Prince of Egypt" Tale of the Mummy Burke 1998 
Fast Food Jaco Fast Food 1998 Little White Lies Peter 1998 
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star Marty Claymore 1998 The Cherry Orchard Yasha 1999 One More Kiss one more Kiss Sam 1999 Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married Gus 1999 Harrison's Flowers Chris Kamack, photojournalist 2000 
Dracula 2000 Dracula 2000 Count Dracula 2000 
Attila Attila Attila 2001 
Diamond of the Sahara Jewel of the Sahara Captain Charles Bellamy 2001 An Unsuitable Job for a Woman Tim Bolton 2001 
"Power of Fire" Reign of Fire Creedy 2002 
Shooters Shooters Jackie Jr. 2002 The Jury The Jury Johnny Donny 2002 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Terry Sheridan 2003 Timeline Timeline Andre Marek 2003 Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera Ghost 2004 "The Game of Their Lives" The Game of Their Lives Frank Borgie 2005 Dear Frankie Stranger 2005 Beowulf & Grendel Beowulf 2006 
"Redemption" Butterfly on a Wheel Neil Randall 2007 "300 Spartans" 300 King Leonidas I 2007 "P.S. I love you P.S. I Love You Jerry Kennedy 2007 
Nim's Island Jack Russo, Alex Rover 2008 RocknRolla One-Two 2008 Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter Sailor (voice) 2009 The Ugly Truth Mike Chadway 2009 
"Gamer" Gamer Cable/John Tillman 2009 
Law Abiding Citizen Clyde Shelton 2009 How to Train Your Dragon Stoick the Vast (voice) 2010 Bounty Hunter Milo Boyd 2010 Burns Burns Robert Burns 2010 Coriolanus Tullus Aufidius 2010 "Peter Farrelly/Charles Wessler Unknown Project" Chaun 2010 "The Untouchables: Capone Rising" Untouchables: Capone Rising Jimmy Malone 2012 
Personal life For many years, Butler does not take alcohol (even beer) in his mouth. He loves coffee and coca-cola. He also never returned to a legal career and says that even now he never reads his contracts, but simply signs them. What, however, according to him own words, does not prevent him from being "the Hollywood actor with the fewest shooting hours in the contract." Despite his current over-demand, Gerard is lonely in his personal life, although rumors of his romance with different stars arise constantly. Butler's only official girlfriend so far is his former assistant Tonya, their romance lasted for two years. 
Gerard receives millions of royalties and does not suffer at all star disease. In addition, he is amazingly careful and kind to his fans. He is always ready to give an autograph and take a photo for memory, even if the fan turns out to be the 100th in a row that day. In October 2008, together with Mark Ronson (producer Amy Winehouse) and Julian Casablancas (vocalist of The Strobes), he opened the restaurant "Sheen" in Los Angeles.
Gerard was born in Scotland, but when he was only six months old, his family moved to Montreal. In Canada, his father wanted to start his own business, but all his attempts ended in failure. He blamed his wife and children for his failures, so Gerard's mother soon filed for divorce. In 1971, Gerard, along with his mother, brother and sister, returned to Scotland, where his mother remarried.
Since childhood, he loved cinema and often went to the cinema next door to his house. After participating in several auditions, he began to play in the Scottish Youth Theater, and at the age of 12 he played in Royal Theater in Glasgow in a production of Oliver.
After graduating from school, Gerard entered the college at the University of Glasgow at the Faculty of Law. After successfully completing his studies, he went to the US to try his luck in the film industry, but his attempts ended in failure, and he returned to Scotland, where he worked in a law firm in subsequent years. Office work oppressed the future actor, and Gerard decided to change his profession. By coincidence, he was fired, and Butler got another chance to try himself in the acting profession.
Gerard Butler moved to London, where he began working at the Marmaid Theatre, first as a casting assistant and then, thanks to his perseverance, in a production of Coriolanus. His theatrical career quickly went up and within a few years he played leading role in the production of "Trainspotting".
In 1997, he made his film debut in Mrs. Brown. In subsequent years, he played small roles in the films "Tomorrow Never Dies", "The Mummy: Prince of Egypt", "Arrows" and others.
Butler received his first notable role in 2000, starring in the film Dracula 2000, as well as in the TV series Attila. These two roles brought the actor recognition and wide popularity. In subsequent years, he starred in such films as "The Power of Fire", "Trapped in Time", "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life."
In 2004, Gerard starred in the musical The Phantom of the Opera. The actor performed all the musical parts himself. This was followed by the main roles in the films Beowulf and Grendel, 300 Spartans,P. S. I love you”, “Rock and Roller”.
In 2009, he played in a new role for himself, starring in the comedy " Naked truth". In the same year, Law Abiding Citizen, produced by Gerard's Evil Twins, was released.
In subsequent years, he starred in such films as "Headhunter", "Coriolanus", "A Man in Hot Demand", "Olympus Has Fallen" and many others.
Hobbies : Surfing, charity, football, music
Personal life : Gerard Butler does not like to talk about his personal life. In an interview, he admitted that he had a relationship that lasted five years and two years, but did not specify who his chosen ones were.
IN different time tabloids attributed the actor novels with his colleagues in film set- with Jennifer Aniston and Hilary Swank. In addition, his affair with a former assistant named Tonya and interior designer Morgan Brown was reported.
Scandals\interesting facts\charity
He suffered from alcohol and drug addiction. Went to rehab at the Betty Ford Center.
After graduating from university, he traveled around the United States for a year, where he was arrested in Los Angeles for disorderly conduct.
Gerard Butler was awarded the "Certificate of Bravery" for saving a drowning boy.
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Scottish actor Gerard Butler is one of the most popular actors in Hollywood. He started his acting career on theater stage. He gained attention after starring in the 2004 film The Phantom of the Opera where he played the role of the Phantom. In addition, he starred in the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Cradle of Life" with Angelina Jolie. This list can go on and on, but the actor has one more interesting list- a list of his passions.
Gerard Butler was rumored to have dated Rosario Dawson in 2007. Dawson was linked to Gerard Butler when they did a promotional tour for their joint film"300". They went to some shows and events together, although their relationship has never been confirmed.
with Rosario Dawson
In October 2008, Gerard Butler started an affair with Shanna Moakler. It was rumored that they were lovers in 2008 after they were photographed on the street when the couple had fun.
This fate did not bypass Jennifer Aniston in 2010. Jennifer Aniston and Gerard hid for a long time the closeness that appeared between them after the filming of the film "Headhunter". Although they never confirmed these rumors, they were often seen on dates, they were even seen several times in some explicit situations, so it was very stupid to say that there was nothing between them.
Butler also dated Beatriz Coelho in February 2010. Butler and dancer Beatrice gathered in Rio de Janeiro during the carnival. She later said that the two had an unforgettable time together.
In April 2010, Gerard got caught with Lori Koleva in the net. Although neither Gerard nor French TV presenter Lori spoke about it, both were caught by the paparazzi in early April 2010.
In the same 2010, but already in May, Butler got along with Martina Rajic. famous actor and the Serbian model were photographed kissing in May 2010, with Martina saying they were dating. Gerard never confirmed this, but shortly after, he was spotted with a slender young blonde who matches Martina's description at the airport in Nice.
In 2012, Butler began dating Brandi Glanvile. Brandi later stated that the most a famous person The one she slept with was Gerard Butler. When the paparazzi asked Butler about it, he quipped, "Who is Brandi Glanvile?" But it turns out they were still together. He later confessed to Howard Stern that his confusion was due to the fact that he did not know her last name. Later, he called to apologize, but also to voice his disapproval of what she said about it.
From January 2013 to this day, Gerard Butler has been dating Italian model Madalina Ghenea. In February, the couple made their red carpet debut at the Oscars. He later told Extra that he was lucky to find Madalina thanks to Olympus Has Fallen.
Despite the fact that back in June there were rumors that the couple broke up, photographs of the walks of a couple in love in Rome show a completely different story. The lovers took pictures of each other, cooed, and also walked embracing through the evening streets of the city.
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He trained as a lawyer and became an actor. He started his career at 25, and at 43 he is not yet married - and he himself is surprised by this. Interview with Gerard Butler, for whom there is no concept of "late" and who sees happiness only in the present.
His assistant is a sweet, discreet-looking middle-aged woman. It is she who opens the door to my London hotel room, where our interview is scheduled. The usual star practice is to rent a luxurious suite in a five-star hotel for meetings with journalists, and all conversations take place officially, even somewhat official, with an indispensable agency condition not to ask the star "questions personal nature". This means that asking about wives, lovers or, God forbid, children is not allowed under pain of being expelled from the suite. And it even surprises me that Butler's assistant does not say anything to me in the usual inflexible tone in such cases. I even clarify: what if I ask about something ... so to speak ... well, not very about cinema. She shrugs, "Ask whatever you want, Jerry doesn't hide anything from anyone." Nothing from anyone?! It just doesn’t happen that way: perhaps the main concern of the stars is to hide something from annoying journalists…
But when "Jerry" walks out of the next room, I understand what was behind the assistant's reaction. Gerard Butler does not at all give the impression of a soul wide open. But he gives the impression of a man of exceptional strength. Height not less than 190 cm, clarity of facial features, open look light, transparent gray-green eyes. Antique to become - not without reason it was he who was chosen for the role of King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's 300 Spartans. Decisiveness of movements - of course, he was the conqueror Attila in the television series of the same name. Genuine cordiality to the interlocutor - and who else could play in the most piercing, most touching? Even the impersonal design suite seems to be illuminated when it appears. warm light. Next to Gerard Butler you feel comfortable and protected. And now I will never agree when he is called a "sex symbol". If he is a symbol of anything, it is true masculinity. It's all about her. It's about her.
Dates
- 1969 Born in Paisley, Scotland to Edward and Margaret Butler.
- 1991 Graduates from the University of Glasgow in Law.
- 1996 Debut in Stephen Berkoff's Coriolanus (Mermaid Theatre, London).
- 1997 Film debut - "Mrs. Brown" by John Madden.
- 2007 "300 Spartans" by Zack Snyder.
- 2007P. S. I love you” by Richard Lagravenese.
- 2010 "Headhunter" by Andy Tennant.
- 2011 Filmed in the exotic film project Movie 43, which consists of 25 mini-novels directed by 12 directors and employing 25 world-famous stars.
Gerard Butler at the premiere of "Machine Gun Preacher" in Los Angeles, 2011.
psychology: The name given to Russian box office your New film- "Man in great demand" - seems to match your image in the movies and in public consciousness. Emphasized masculinity, masculinity - to what extent does this “trademark” correspond to the real you?
Gerard Butler:
Secrets of trademarks are not disclosed! But if you are asking seriously...then the answer will still sound frivolous. The fact is that here in Scotland I am completely a common person, absolutely average Scot. So I myself was amazed that in America, in this very masculinity, supposedly characteristic of me, people see a peculiarity and ... strange, but special attractiveness. Well, her cinema in me and exploits. Moreover, I do not put any negative meaning into the word "exploitation". I do not want to sound like a cynic, but we all enter the life market with our product. And such is the harsh truth of life that the product that I could initially offer was, yes, masculinity, italicized in the general “movie text”. But it happened by itself, without my conscious participation. I'm used to a different feeling. At home in Glasgow, I was just a "male person" to myself.
But is there something behind the concept of "masculinity" for you?
J.B.:
Perhaps the lack of flimsy ambivalence, unambiguity. That is honesty with life, with others. Perhaps it is my Scottish speaking in me - we are confidently standing with both feet on the ground. When we laugh, we really laugh. In grief, we can cry, because we really experience grief. We always look into our eyes. We make a decision once. We have no hindsight. Stones in the bosom - too. It turns out that this is such masculinity, which can be characteristic of women. Even more: masculinity is especially characteristic of women. And in this sense, I am a convinced feminist.
In what sense exactly?
J.B.:
I don't see any difference between people based on gender. For me, there are no prescribed roles for women and men in society. Moreover, in modern world gender is increasingly becoming a subject free choice. What I don’t believe in at all is this: a man is a hunter and protector, a woman is weak and must certainly be endowed with a maternal instinct.
"I DON'T WANT TO LOOK CYNIC, BUT WE ALL ENTER THE MARKET OF LIFE WITH OUR PRODUCT"
So you're not a defender?
J.B.:
I am definitely a protector. But not because I'm a man. I am a defender simply because I am stronger than many.
But you are not shy about your weaknesses - you recently went to a drug treatment clinic and then talked about it in detail.
J.B.:
I am convinced that not being ashamed of your weaknesses, not hiding problems is a sign of strength. It is what it is. And there's nothing to hide. I really ended up addicted to painkillers after two injuries: one old, received on the set of "300 Spartans", the second - a new one, hit the rocks during the filming of "Wave Breakers", I'm a surfer there. Well, the old Scottish fondness for old Scotch whiskey is no joke either. But if you decided to fight a painful addiction, then you told yourself that you were addicted. And sometimes confessing something publicly is the only way to get yourself to admit it.
You said you could cry. And I somehow badly represent you in tears.
J.B.:
And in vain. Sometimes it seems to me that I consist of extremes: either I have a reinforced concrete frame and I show unique perseverance or mutton stubbornness, or I melt like a chocolate bar, especially under a woman’s gaze ...
Starring
In the near future, two films with Gerard Butler will be released on our screens.
Gerard Butler in the movie "Wave Breakers", 2012
Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel in 'The Hot Man'
Your parents divorced, you grew up in the so-called incomplete family, with Mother...
J.B.:
Yes, I was one and a half years old when they broke up. My father, as I later found out, was an amazing, immensely charming, cheerful, generous and completely irresponsible person. I saw him again when I was already 16. I returned from school, and my mother says: father is waiting for you in a restaurant not far from our house. He came to the restaurant and recognized his father only by his sister next to him - she was sitting with him at the table. The only thing I could say then was: “Why were you not with us all these years?” And then I cried for three hours ... In any case, then I felt that in us ... how to say it ... pain is preserved. Unspoken, unmanifested pain, resentment can sit in us for years. And it's good if they splash out sometime in tears. Bitterness is worse. It was then that I instinctively came to the conclusion that feelings should be given vent. It's healthier and more honest. Yes, my mom is like that too. Real fighter. Sometimes, it happens, I say: come on, mom, to hell with it. But she - no, she doesn’t let anyone down and is not afraid of a direct skirmish. This, of course, is a character, but also a completely conscious position too - honesty in relations with the world.
Does her opinion mean a lot to you?
J.B.:
And it always has and always will. Anyway, when I was kicked out of a high-profile law firm in disgrace, she was the only person to whom I didn't know how to say it. And not because he was afraid of her condemnation. The fact is that it was a failure of the positive program, as they say in psychological brochures. I was an honors student in school, received a scholarship to the law faculty of the University of Glasgow. And at the same time, our family is actually from the working class, and my admission to law school became something like “Wow, one of ours at the university!”. That is, I always wanted to become an actor, even played in the Scottish youth theater teenager. But as a matter of life ... The Scottish actor was then alone in the whole world - Sean Connery ... In a word, I decided to achieve the real. At the university, he practically shone, even became president of the Faculty Law Society. And after university, I was hired as an intern at a serious Edinburgh law firm with an established reputation, centuries-old, I must say. I was supposed to go through a two-year internship, after which I would receive a work license and be accepted into the same firm - these are the rails of a lawyer career. But something in me clicked, twisted and… broke. I was 24, success turned my head, parties began before breakfast, I was arrested a couple of times for “hooliganism” - I loved to fight ... In general, a week before I qualified as a lawyer, I was fired to hell, and quite deservedly so. Of course, I survived the shock - before that I was a permanent winner. Besides, he walked edinburgh festival, and I was in Trainspotting, based on the Irvine Welsh novel, which later became the Danny Boyle film Trainspotting. The guy who played the lead was just phenomenal. He moved so freely, fell into hysterics so easily, portrayed glitches so masterfully ... And I sharply, piercingly, painfully felt that I could be there, on stage. But everything is lost, I’m 25, I didn’t become an actor and I won’t anymore, and I was fired even from lawyers ... I know what it is to feel lost, to become unreasonably aggressive ... And at the same time, nothing scared me more than the need to say about your ruined mother! I was afraid of upsetting her and afraid of her disappointment. And when I said it, I realized that it would not be worse, and now I can do everything. Then he told his mother that he nevertheless decided to become an actor, and moved from Edinburgh to London. And the failure actually turned out to be a success. Although at first I worked in the kitchens of restaurants, as a waiter, I showed in malls how electric toys work. The top of my occupation at the time was telesalesman at the Sofa Store.
“FEELINGS SHOULD ALWAYS BE GIVE OUT: SO HEALTHY AND HONEST. BITTERNESS WORSE"
But what was your mother's reaction?
J.B.:
I thought for a long time that she was judging me, that I really disappointed her. But two months later I received a letter: "If you are happy, I will be proud of you."
You are 43 - and many are wondering why you are not married and not even seen in any serious relationship ...
J.B.:
I just have a talent - a talent for keeping my secrets. There were relationships that lasted 5 years, 2 years, and no one, not a single tabloid found out about them. But they vying wrote about Jennifer Aniston, they depend much less on age, Hilary Swank and about 50 other actresses with whom I starred, or just acquaintances with whom I spoke at an official reception - that's where I have a passionate romance ... But You know, about three years ago, when a new acquaintance asked me if I was married, and I answered that no, I was not married, the person usually said: well, you are still young. And now I noticed that people react more with surprise, like - why is that? Yes, I myself now react to this fact with surprise.
And yet - do you feel happy?
J.B.:
In my opinion, happiness is if we live now, in this moment, realizing that only our present is real ... I would like to live in a stream of happiness. The happiness of feeling the reality of your existence. I think now I finally stopped living only work. Drove the Harley through the southern states. Learned to surf. I played football with my nephews… But I’m listening to myself now… God, what an idiot I am! I drove, studied, played ... Where am I running?
Three Strange Places He Has Been
Los Angeles County Jail, where he ended up "drinking" during a year-long trip to America after graduation and where he was chained with eight of the same hooligans.
Betty Ford Center for Alcoholics and drug addiction , where, Butler admits, “they stimulate the desire to escape from there as soon as possible - everything is so balanced, so aesthetically pleasing, the interiors are admired there, and the landscapes are intoxicating ... And therefore I want to recover as soon as possible and return from this puppet world into the real one.
Poor suburbs of Johannesburg (South Africa), the so-called townships, where Butler starred in the film "Machine Gun Preacher" by Mark Forster, where dwellings are sometimes built from cardboard boxes and where they live, according to the actor, "perhaps the poorest, but undoubtedly the most open people in the world".
Text: Victoria Belopolskaya
