subject: Gerard Butler [print this page] gerard james butler r gerard butler is scottish actor ws born in paisley, scotland n november 13, 1969. h ever spent his tim in montreal, canada bfre h went back again t scotland. whn trainspotting held auditions, suddenly it became n inspiration fr butler t hav career in acting. soon, h went down town t london nd suddenly, steven berkoff came t him in coffee shop t offer him tv role in attila. in 1997, his film debut ws about t begin s billy connolly in mrs. brown.
s tim went by, butler's career began t rise though h still rolling s small role in james bond's movie tomorrow never dies in 1997. subsequently in th same year, h landed n russel mulcahy's film tale f th mummy in 1998. tw years later h cast in dracula 2000.
as result, frm attila nd dracula 2000 h got numerous fans. jet t 2002 when h played in reign f fire as creedy nd year later, h played as terry sheridan in lara croft tomb raider: th cradle f life with angelina jolie. in 2003, h played novel based movie in timeline whih later n attracted viewers nd movie makers.
lok wht is it with this gorgeous guy? lik many thousands nd millions f drooling dames th world ovr i hve been crazy about gerard sinc i first saw him in th spectacular movie version f phantom f th opera. h ws sublime in this role - sympathetic, yet beastly. passionately reckless yet vulnerable nd boy uld h belt ut those songs!
i thought - hang n! d w hve an honest t goodness manly man loaded with charisma along th lines f clark gable t last??? wht wonderful contrast t th whiny, pasty-faced fey guys w re used t in th acting profession. i eagerly rented gerard's back catalogue nd adored him as th pretend pa in dear frankie - again ll man yet sensitive with it. h ws also brill in ne mre kiss - wh played th ex boyfriend whose dying ex comes back t spend hr last days with him - nd who wouldn't?
but after seeing sm f his latest - butterfly n wheel - ut-acted by pierce brosnan in this on, th dude ws mor hysterical thn th character f his wife played by maria bello concerning th kidnap of their daughter. wht happened t th calm collected guy yu felt yu could lean on? h ws nuts. then thr was th terrible p.s i love yu - gerard was s annoying, it was relief he passed away third of th wy thrugh. it didn't help tht thre was n chemistry between him the normally excellent hillers swank. s what's gone wrong?
sinc 300 our gezza seems to still b somehow playing every role lik the heroic king leonidas - in such way tht i am afraid cn b only described as pure ham. i worry s much tht every time i se this beautiful person on screen i gt feeling i ll the butler sink. it's a real shame because he is a lovely chap - i s, s want him to b great, he n light u the screen, he cn really move the audience, but since his success i fear he is trying too hard - like he cannot believe his luck nd he's got to b ott to prove he deserves the work. well gerard yu d deserve the work. yu re wonderful - let's s yu be tht "real" person w can once again adore and sympathise with, and nt the wide-eyed "i'm s lucky tht i have got to be s great in this rt" desperate thespian. man, it's only acting, it's not rocket. take a leaf ut f spencer tracy's book - "know your lines and don't bump into the furniture" you're a natural t not bumping into the ikea, you used to d it so sexily too!
