[breath we drew]

Welcome to the 3rd Gerard Butler Appreciation Thread







1. ThornyRose565
2. Lazy
3. lh2005
4. ShamelessPunk
5. Ladola
6. S.A.S.H.A.
7. The Fifth Element
8. BehrItAll
9. Lady_Claire83
10. BlueEyedTart
11. *CinCin*
12. Leli1013
13. ScorpioGrl
14. Melissa1020
15. Tigereyes
16. AliasUnknown
17. - Tina -
18. Lindsey Mayer



1. Because he alone can make our song take flight.
2. Because we'd never deny him the joys of the flesh.
3. Because he's Scottish.
4. Because he's humble.
5. Because he's gorgeous.
6. Because "No actually I'm from Long Beach California. I've been pretending the whole time and you guys all fell for it."
7. Because he tells the best stories.
8. Because we love his accent.
9. Because he can do different accents.
10. Because he sang in a band in college.
11. Because "Yo baby."
12. Because he's been on Jay Leno three times.
13. Because he hates when Americans pronounce his name "Gerard."
14. Because we want him to be the next James Bond.
15. Because it was him, Cathriene Zeta Jones, a monkey and a fish.
16. Because he treats his fans like queens.
17. Because we'd love to smooch him.
18. Because he can admit when he's a fool.
19. Because he can sing.
20. Because we'd pick the Phantom over Raoul anyday.
21. Because we'd love to snog him.
22. Because he does independent films.
23. Because even Sir Andrew Llyod Weber was impressed with him.
24. Because he donated to the Tsnuami fund.
25. Because he hates the Scottish press.
26. Because he thought his mom wanted him to pray.
27. Because even Tom Arnold patted his ass.
28. Because we'll savour each sensation.
29. Because he makes the darker side look so damn hot.
30. Because Dear Frankie touched him emotionally.
31. Because he lived in Canada.
32. Because he looks hot when he winks.
33. Because he made the Phantom sexy, even when he thought it was sad.
34. Because he's still single.
35. Because even Glenn Close looked like her breath was taken away, sitting next to him.
36. Because we'd travel around the Country to see him.
37. Because Angelina Jolie is so lucky.
38. Because we want to touch his "sword."
39. Because we'll always remember the face.
40. Because he worked at a Carnival.
41. Because of the higland fling he and Craig Ferguson did on the Late Late Show.
42. Because we bet Ellen wishes she was straight now.
43. Because he wears shiny black shoes.
44. Because he wears white sneakers with black clothes.
45. Because he makes a pink top and brown leather kilt look hot.
46. Because he looks good in a yellow towel.
47. Because he ran naked into the freezing ocean with Billy Connolly.
48. Because he wears eyeliner in Attila.
49. Because Gerry makes Judas look sexy.
50. Because he could turn a straight man gay.
51. Because he learned to listen.
52. Because in our minds we've already imagined that Gerry and our bodies and twining defenseless and silent.
53. Because he has a nice ass.
54. Because he'll be giving it.
55. Because we'd let him stay at our place.
56. Because he doesn't spend 10 minutes of his interviews talking about toilets.
57. Because Emmy Rossum enjoyed kissing him.
58. Because he loves his mom.
59. Because he saved someone's life.
60. Because he's seen someone being struck by lightning.
61. Because we were bound to love him. When we heard him sing.
62. Because we will do all the Phantom asks of us.
63. Because we missed him good m'seuirs
64. Because we hoped he hadn't left us for good.
65. Because he's been Male Celeb of the week.
66. Because he can take is painful past, and turn it into humour.
67. Because he can be so oepn about his past.
68. Because he studies every characters and why they act the way they do.
69. Because he likes natrual women.
70. Because we're glad he's alive today.





1. Phantom of the Opera
2. Jay Leno
3. Craig Ferguson
4. Kilts
5. Swords
6. Snogging
7. Ellen
8. Scottland
9. Long Beach
10. Scottish Accents
11. Masks
12. Yellow Towels
13. Eyeliner
14. Attila
15. Roses
16. Jame's Bond
17. Highland Flings
18. Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond
19. Apartments
20. Leather Jackets
21. White Tennis Shoes
22. Gangsters
23. Beaches
24. Coffee
25. European Chips
26. Ice Cream
27. Black Horses
28. Capes
29. Winking
30. Mothers
31. Dungeons
32. Rolling Stones
33. Fathers
34. Cigerattes
35. Rock Bands
36. Lawyers
37. Canada
38. Rocks
39. Dracula
40. Blood
41. Angelina Jolie
42. Rings
43. Mustaches
44. Soccer
44. Snow
45. Water
46. Emmy Rossum
47. Paychecks
48. Dancing
49. Musc
50. Picnnics
51. Micheal Jackson Jokes






From IMDB

Date of Birth: November 13, 1969
Location: Glasgow Scotland
Born in Glasgow, Scotland to Margaret and Edward Butler, Gerard was raised (along with his older brother and sister) in his mother's hometown of Paisley, Scotland. He also spent some of his early youth in Canada. His parents divorced when he was a small child and he and his siblings were raised primarily by their mother Margaret who later remarried. He had no contact with his father Edward till years later when he was sixteen years old, after which time they became close. His father passed away when Gerard was in his early twenties . Butler went on to attend Glasgow University where he studied to be a Lawyer/Solicitor. He was even president of the schools law society thanks to his outgoing personality and great social skills.

His acting career began when he was approached in a London coffee shop by actor Steven Berkoff (who later appeared alongside Butler in Attila), who gave him a stage role in the play "Coriolanus". He decided to give up law school for acting. He was later cast as Ewan McGregor's character Renton in the stage adaptation of the movie Trainspotting (1996). His debut movie role was as Billy Connolly's younger brother in the movie Mrs. Brown (1997). While filming the movie in Scotland, he was enjoying a picnic with his mother, near the River Tay, when they heard the shouts of a young boy who had been swimming with a friend who was in some trouble. Butler jumped in and consequently saved the young boy from drowning. He received a "Certificate of Bravery" from the Royal Humane Society. He felt he only did what anyone in the situation would have done.

His movie career continued with small roles in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and Russell Mulcahy's Tale of the Mummy (1998). In 2000, Butler was cast in his breakthrough roles... the first being Attila the Hun in the USA movie Attila (2001/I) (TV). Producers of the mini-series wanted a known actor to play the part but kept coming back to Gerard Butler's screen tests and decided that he was their man. He had to lose the thick Scottish accent, but managed well. Around the time Attila was being filmed, casting was in progress for Wes Craven's new take on the Dracula legacy, also wanting a known name (so Butler wasn't much of a consideration). His unending tenacity and drive drove him to hounding the producers. Eventually, he sent them a clip of his portrayal of Attila.

Evidently they liked it because Dracula 2000 (2000) was cast in the form of Gerard Butler. Producers of Attila (2001/I) (TV), thinking that his big screen role might help with the Attila ratings, managed to finish up a little early so that he could get to work on Dracula 2000 (2000). Attila (2001/I) (TV) ended up being the 2nd highest rated mini-series ever. Following these 2 roles, Butler developed quite a fan base and internet sites and lists started popping up everywhere.

Since then Butler has appeared in Reign of Fire (2002) as Creedy and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) as Terry Sheridan alongside Angelina Jolie. Recently the role that has garnered him much attention from both moviegoers and movie makers was that of Andre Marek in the big screen adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel Timeline (2003). Butler played an archaeologist who was sent back in time with a team of students to rescue a colleague. He will next be appearing in the adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera, portaying the title character. Upcoming projects include The Game of Their Lives, Beowulf & Grendel and Burns.


From IMDB

1. He's Scottish, but most of his family is Irish.
2. On the first day of shooting his film debut in Mrs. Brown (1997) he had to bound naked into a freezing sea and as a result contracted hypothermia.
3. While filming Mrs. Brown (1997), saved a young boy from drowning in the river Tay and recieved a "Certificate Of Bravery" from The Royal Humane Society.
4. Attended Glasgow University.
5. Did not see his father from the age of 2 until he turned 16.
6. His eyes are grey/green in color but often appear blue on screen.
7. Rumored to be the next James Bond (after Pierce Brosnan). [April 2001]
8. Was confirmed for a role in Mindhunters (2004), but chose to drop out of it because of his prior commitment to Timeline (2003). The filming schedules of the two films overlapped. Jonny Lee Miller with whom Butler co-starred in )Dracula 2000 (2000)_ stepped in to take his Mindhunter role.
9. Was a presenter at the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards with fellow Scotsman Billy Boyd.
10. Was at one time the lead singer for a Scottish rock band named Speed, although music eventually became his second love after acting.
11. Has done 5 films in which his character's name is in the title: Dracula 2000, Attila, The Phantom of the Opera, Beowulf & Grendel and Burns.
12. Cried whilst talking about the Phantom's lonliness to Joel Schumacher.
13. Had the "rock and roll" voice that Andrew Lloyd Webber always wanted to play the Phantom.
14. Jokes about preferring the mask side of his face to the regular side of his face.
15. Sung in a rock band whilst training to be a lawyer.
16. Shoe size is 11(UK) 11,5(U.S.)


From IMDB

Burns (2006) (pre-production) .... Robert Burns
Beowulf & Grendel (2005) (post-production) .... Beowulf
The Game of Their Lives (2005) .... Frank Borghi
The Phantom of the Opera (2004) .... The Phantom
Dear Frankie (2004) .... The Stranger
Timeline (2003) .... André Marek
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) .... Terry Sheridan
... aka Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Die Wiege des Lebens (Germany)
Reign of Fire (2002) .... Creedy
"The Jury" (2002) (mini) TV Series .... Johnnie Donne
Shooters (2002) .... Jackie Junior
Attila (2001/I) (TV) .... Attila the Hun
... aka Attila the Hun (UK: video title)
Jewel of the Sahara (2001) (V) .... Captain Charles Belamy
Dracula 2000 (2000) .... Dracula
... aka Dracula 2001 (UK)
... aka Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000 (USA: complete title)
Harrison's Flowers (2000) .... Chris Kumac, photojournalist
... aka Fleurs d'Harrison, Les (France: subtitle)
The Cherry Orchard (1999) (as Gerald Butler) .... Yasha
... aka Byssinokipos, O (Greece)
... aka Cerisaie, La (France)
... aka The Cherry Orchard (UK)
One More Kiss (1999) .... Sam
"Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married" (1999) TV Series .... Gus
Please! (1999) (as Gerry Butler) .... Peter
"The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star" (1998) TV Series .... Marty Claymore
Little White Lies (1998) (TV) .... Peter
Tale of the Mummy (1998) .... Burke
... aka Talos the Mummy (Europe: English title) (UK: video title) (USA: working title)
... aka Russell Mulcahy's Tale of the Mummy (USA: complete title)
Fast Food (1998/I) .... Jacko
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) .... Leading Seaman - HMS Devonshire
Mrs. Brown (1997) .... Archie Brown
... aka Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown (USA)
... aka Mrs Brown (USA)

TV Guest Appearances

The 10th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2005) (TV) .... Himself - presenter
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" playing "Himself" 14 April 2005
"The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" playing "Himself" (episode # 1.51) 23 March 2005
"Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" playing "Himself" 3 March 2005
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" playing "Himself" 2 March 2005
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" playing "Himself" 11 January 2005
"HBO First Look" playing "Himself" in episode: "The Phantom of the Opera" 20 December 2004
"GMTV" playing "Himself" 7 December 2004
"Breakfast" playing "Himself" 6 December 2004
"An Unsuitable Job for a Woman" playing "Tim Bolton" in episode: "Playing God" (episode # 4.1) 16 May 2001

Song of the Moment
No One Would Listen - Phantom of the Opera

No one would listen
No one but her
Heard as the outcast hears.

Shamed into solitude
Shunned by the multitude
I learned to listen
In my dark, my heart heard music

I long to teach the world
Rise up and reach the world
No one would listen
I alone could hear the music

Then, at last, a voice in the gloom
Seemed to cry "I hear you"
I hear your fears
Your torment and your tears

She saw my lonliness
Shared in my emptiness
No one would listen
No one but her
Heard as the outcast hears

No one would listen
No one but her
Heard as the outcast hears...



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Gerard Butler Web
Instiable Gerry
Gerard Online



"But it's always nice to play a bad -- but not just out-
and-out bad, but explain the motivation, why do they do what they
do, you know, to make it more kind of colourful and interesting.
But no, playing bad is fun. Being bad is fun as well, I'd just
thought I'd point that out."

"And this is one we rehearsed early. No, but.... I did an interview once and it was the 1000th
time I think I'd been asked if I was going to be Bond. And I said, "Yeah, I'm in talks with Barbara [Brokley?]
and if Anne [Whitumker?], Anne [Whitumker?].... is a, like a 80 year old, fat, balding, politician, female, I said
if she can be my Bond girl, I'll do it. [] And then I said, no, the rumors are very flattering, but they're not true. And the
next day it was in the Scottish press, it was "Gerard Butler is the next James Bond. He admitted it
himself in a television interview yesterday. They don't realize...Then all these magazines picked it
up, and started saying that I was walking about saying that I was the next James Bond. I wasn't, really.
I'm not. [wink]"

"Because I’m a fool. I read seven pages and it was a family moving house, a boy who was deaf who was going to buy fish n’chips and I thought ‘what is this?’ and threw it away. And then my friend, who is the casting director who I knew before either of us were in the business—he’s from Glasgow—he called me up and he’s like ‘Gerry, this is an award-winning movie man, you got to do this.’ So, he said ‘just do me a favor, just read the script.’ So I did, and for all the reasons that I threw it away, are all the things that are so charming about this movie. It sucks you in. There’s a reality and a naturalness to it. And then you get sucked in to this beautiful, moving little fairy tale which constantly surprises you and makes you think and…I’m just so glad that I went back and read it. I’ve never been more proud of a movie."

"Uhm, no! Ah … actually, (Ellen: (voice over) “Oh!”) I’m … I’m from Long Beach, California. (*clamorous applause and animated screams of excitement from the audience*). (*Now speaking to the audience*) I’ve been pretending the whole time. And you guys all fell for it, you … you know. I… I … (*Turns towards Ellen again*) No, I’m from Scotland. I’m from Glasgow, yeah.”

"Okay, okay, let me explain. I was standing- This huge thunderstorm came in over Bondi Beach, and I was standing in this restaurant to the side. [I] went out to watch it, because literally the forked lightning was, was right in front of us. And there was a few people on the beach, and I was looking down going, "Why are they there?" And, literally, this- the biggest piece of forked lightning I have ever seen in my life strikes the beach, and I see somebody fall over. And two minutes- two minutes later, there's ten people there, then a vehicle comes out, then there's two ambulances, and then- and four police cars, and, and um- Yeah, and then the next day it was in the paper that somebody had been struck by lightning... But I think he’s all right now."

"Em, because somebody told me. (laughs) No, I…I kind of…actually this was a very strange process in getting a part because from the first time I met Joel, Joel Schumacher the director, he basically said ‘what do you think of the script?’ And I had just read it the night before—and actually not really expected to love it—but I had, and I had read it whilst listening to the music at the same time, and it blew me away. And when I told Joel what I thought of it, he said ‘well that’s great, ‘cause I want you to play the Phantom.’ But I still had to go through the process of singing for ALW, taking a bunch of singing lessons, and then they essentially said ‘we’re going to give you the role, but we just can’t announce it yet.’ So I kept training, and it was a good month—five weeks—after that that I heard. So when I heard, it wasn’t a huge shock, because I’d always kind of known, y’know, and it would have been more of a shock if I’d found out that I didn’t get it."

"I didn’t come on, I did not come on talking about how Scarlett spent ten minutes talking about toilet seats [audience laughs and claps] I kid you not. So he went, he went to Togoland, right - it’s going to get worse - he went to Togoland, he bought copper, and he got malaria, and he ended up in the hospital. And I was supposed to get injections and go down. Then his French-Canadian wife, I suppose, who was my step-mother, said, [in French accent] “Nobody weel make a fool of me, I am French, and I will go and show zeez peepuhl.” So she went down, and she was on the connecting flight in Paris. She fell, she fell down the stairs - [points at Scarlett] honestly - and she broke her ankle, she broke her ankle, and they took her on to Togoland, and she ended up in hospital with my father. And I had this penthouse in Toronto. And I have to say I felt bad, but I had the time of my life [audience laughs]"

"He wants to present that very kind of powerful, sexy, but ominous feel, especially in the mask. We had so much discussion about the mask—the shape, the texture, the facial expression—which for me was my favorite part of the mask. To understand how that makes people feel, is part of what he does. There’s a reason he wears that and with that facial expression. It was also, it’s a great look. I preferred the masked side to my normal side."

"Yeah. Well, that's, that's what touched me when I first read the script. You know, I just so felt this man's pain. I think if anything, the, the feeling you really get from this "Phantom" is very, I mean, it's obviously sexy, it's Joel Schumacher, but it's sexy and romantic, but I really felt it was melancholy. You know, just to suddenly, to have been in that position your whole life, to know and be aware that nobody wants anything to do with you, and you can't even have that companionship or that love with just one person. 'Cause really, he only wants it with one person. Just some form of connection. And whenever I touched that, it just broke my heart. And then when you add this music, you know, this sweeping music, which really helps you climb into that emotion, you just kind of abandon yourself to that. And it does, I think it touches something really primalesque (PH) and of an (inaudible) fear or sadness that lies within all of us. And I think maybe that's why it's been so popular around the world."

"Well, the mask was a different thing y’know. When you stuck it to your face sometimes you’d have to rip it off it was so tight, y’know and I’d get a lot of bruising and (making puppy dog eyes at the peeps on the floor) I really suffered. But the prosthetic was 9 hours the first 3 times I did it, and they glued my eye with a piece of silk and a string that went down the back of my face and it pulled down your eye and spent hours attaching it and painting it and y’know it’s 3 people just sitting there (makes jabbing motion at his eye) it’s like torture you know, you can’t move and people just pokin’ your eye and so it kinda drove me crazy and again, by the time I walked onto the set I had to be crazy anyway. So I was like (in very gruff voice) ‘C’mon, let’s go!’"

Avatars By S.A.S.H.A.



Picture of the Moment

[Lazy]

Please add me

[-Louise-]

new thread thanks thornyrose
Can you add me to the list as well?

[breath we drew]

Added you both. . I made a reasons and a supporters banner. I am obsessed enough. Heh. I've also seen this done in other threads and think it'd be fun if we did it like that way too. I know it's not really done in a lot of threads, but I think it shows apprecation for the actor/actress/show/mowie/character/etc. So I hope everyone is OK with the idea of banners in the opening post.

[ShamelessPunk]

They are awesome ideas Thorny...and you should sooooo addd me..... PLEASE!

[ShamelessPunk]

Oh Thorny i thought of a nother reason.......Because Of the wierd dance he did with Criag Fergenson on The Late Late Show....

[breath we drew]

Hey Jesse. Welcome and added you and reason to the list. .

[Ladola]

add me please.

[S.A.S.H.A.]

WOW, this thread is really organized-looking!

Do all of you know the sad song 3 A.M. by Matchbox 20? This past week I've heard it twice on the radio and cracked up laughing both times thinking of Gerry.

More videos here and here.

After the "Game," actor Butler offers "Phantom" performance
PHAN-TASTIC: Our town scored big hosting the hunky actors who played soccer stars in "The Game of Their Lives," a film shot here. After Sunday's premiere at the Esquire, cast members went to the Chase's Cafe Eau, where patrons got a kick out of Gerard Butler, who plays the goalie. Butler, who also starred in the movie version of the "Phantom of the Opera," leaped onto a chair during dinner and treated guests to an impromptu performance of a verse from the musical. Among the glitterati enjoying Butler's impromptu performance were David Anspaugh, Angelo Pizzo, Jay Rodan and brothers Louis and Costas Mandylor. Local crew members at Eau included Dan Kincaid, location manager, and car man Marty Luepker, who supplied the period vehicles for the film, which takes place in the 1950s. Among the starstruck was Brandyn Jones, aide to Board of Aldermen prez James Shrewsbury.

He sang!

Sasha

[sumiregusa]

Can I be added to the list please?

Nice looking thread! And thanks for the linkage, L...well, you know what I'm going to say.

[breath we drew]

Added you guys. . Went to see Dear Frankie today. It was amazing. I cried my eyes out near the end. Now were they waiting for him or was it that he was not coming back at all?

[S.A.S.H.A.]

Originally Posted by ThornyRose565 Added you guys. . Went to see Dear Frankie today. It was amazing. I cried my eyes out near the end. Now were they waiting for him or was it that he was not coming back at all?

I'm a pessimist IRL, but quite optimistic when it comes to movies. I think they see him again, especially considering his connection to Lizzie's friend.

Sasha

[BehrItAll]

Wow great intro to the thread! I love it. Espically the reasons why we love Gerry.
I'd liked to be added to the list.
I just saw the repeat of Ferguson with Gerry and I have a huge smile on my face right now

[S.A.S.H.A.]

I made some icons from his last Leno appearance, but haven't gotten around to posting them yet. I'll post them sometime this weekend.

Sasha

[Lady_Claire83]

Hi there!

This is Lara and I run, with a friend of mine, a site and a linked forum dedicated to Gerard.
Our site is www.gerardbutleritaliansite.com.
We have sections dedicated to his essential biography, filmography, a picture and a video gallery, plus a section with all fan creations (gif, art…) Linked to the site, there is a forum mostly dedicated to Gerry’s works, no gossip about his private life allowed, and an off topic section dedicated to movies, fan fiction and musicals.
Its link is http://www.forumfree.net/?c=44798 .
Come to visit us!
Thanks a lot
Lara&Jenny