Нашла еще две ссылки, по которым можно проголосовать за Джерарда.
Бегите скорее!!!!

http://rateacelebrity.homestead.com/gerardbutler.html
по этой ссылке Джерард стоит на 5 месте, это безобразие.

http://www.scotlandonsunday.com/GreatScots/
А это газета Scotland on sunday и голосуем за него как за Лучшего Шотландского актера (Greatest Scottish actor). Результаты голосования там будут объявлены 13 мая.  Поспешим!!!! pooh_go.gif

Сайт Virgin media  в разделе «знаменитость» делает прогноз самых известных имен в 2007 г.
Одним из таких знаменитостей этот сайт называет Джерарда Батлера. «Сексуальный шотландец, большую часть свой роли в фильме «Призрак оперы» был скрыт под маской, но в фильме «300» мы видим гораздо больше Джерри и его тела в роли спартанского царя Леонидаса, который повел свою армию против персов в битве при Фермопилах в 480 году до н.э.».

Возможно, что-то перевела не совсем точно, но вот ссылка, посмотрите сами
http://www.virginmedia.com/siren/celebr … php?ssid=3

И еще одна новость.
Издание Downtown Express 11 мая 2007 сообщает о том, что несмотря на то, что на матче Sabres-Rangers был замечен  Джерард Батлер последние проиграли 4-5. Присутствие «спартанского воина» не принесло Rangers победу.

У меня есть текст интервью, которое Джерри давал в Бразилии. В инете оно на испанском, я нашла его перевод на английский. Начала переводить на родной, но что-то мне сегодня не переводится. Если хотите, могу выложить текст на англицком здесь, а вы уж сами прочитаете и переведете. Есть там интересные детали. Кое- что могу кратко изложить.
В начале интервью идет разговор о том, что по приезду в Бразилию всеь багаж у делегации был потерян Американс эйрлайнз. И они сразу же пошли по магазинам делать покупки. Дальше расуждения про то, как ожидали такой успех от "300" или нет, какие отклики Джерри получал неа этот фильм. Один человек написал ему, что после сеанса фильма в Саванне (штат Джорджия) зрители устроили овацию. Потом Джерард говорит, что он уверен, что в его карьере произошли серьезные изменения и это хорошо. Дальше рассуждения про фильм. Да, вот еще его спросили про проект "Побег из Нью-Йорка и он сказал, что это действительно готовится и будет совершенно новый, непохожий на предыдущий фильм. Т.е. сиквелом это практически не будет являться.
Его попросили рассказать о деталях проекта "Watchmen", но он сказал, что со Снайдером они только разговаривали и ничего более. Ну еще, конечно спрашивали о политической подоплеке фильма.

Вообщем, выкладывать английский текст или нет? Отвечайте!

CAFRI interview Gerard Butler
By Lucas Salgado

L.S.: I see that you already know how to shop in Rio. I saw you here near the Osklen store.

G.B.: These are my pants from Osklen, this is my shirt from Osklen. I am a walking Osklan store. What happened was that American Airlines lost our baggage-everyone’s. So we went into the store and they simply gave us everything. It was very kind on their part. I was in London and we flew through New York. Before that, we were in L.A. and we traveled 11 hours to London and then to New York and then we came here. And when we arrived at customs in San Paulo and our luggage had disappeared and it was hot (or hell) there. Then we arrived in Rio and that put a smile on everyone’s face because this place is very beautiful. You come and you see the beaches and the beautiful islands.

L.S.: How is it to be in this film that now, is a big, huge success?

G.B.: Very good.

L.S.: Were you hoping for this success?

G.B.: No. You can say that I had hope that the film would do well. I remember back when I read the script, read the graphic novel, and saw Zack’s ideas, that made me feel like I was viewing a secret and that this film would be a revolution and a cool and different thing. And then, when I watched the film, it was a lot more than I could ever hope for in all aspects, but at the same time I only thought that it would go well. I saw it together with an audience and they loved it, but I think that no one expected that it was going to be that big. It seems to work with something that is bigger than us; that is bigger than the film itself, and more interesting is that people are reacting to this. I received a letter from a guy saying that when he watched the film in Savannah, Georgia, the film received a standing ovation. He said that he had never seen anything like this. At times, it seems that some films simply excite people.

L.S.: What does it feel like to be a hot name in Hollywood right now?

G.B.: I don’t know if my name is that hot right now.

L.S.: We have read quite a bit of things about you on the internet.

G.B.: I can’t respond to that question because it would make it seem that I think that I am a hot name in Hollywood (laughs). I am certain that I’ve seen many rapid changes in the terms of my career. It’s good, but I don’t know if it is luck. I feel that I haven’t had a chance to absorb everything, because of what happened last weekend. And Tuesday, I was just on the plane to London, where it hadn’t happened yet, and now I am here and I am not going to be here when it happens here. So I think that the process of absorbing all this is going to take some more time, but this is good because if it was very big, very fast, I would be finished, leaving me to be carried along.

L.S.: Talk a little about becoming an icon for comic fans.

G.B.: I had to deal with this type of thing before, in terms of playing something that brings high risks to you because you expose yourself in a role that can bring a lot of criticism or praise. So you can’t bind yourself too much to the criticism and at the same time, you can’t bind yourself too much to the compliments. It’s obvious that you appreciate the compliments, but if you only hear those and not the criticism, you can become frightened to stay in a thing, half-balanced. It’s a thing you want to happen exactly and closed subject. I wanted to do this character because what I did wouldn't mean anything in Zack Snyder’s view, the mind behind the work. But on the other hand, it also would be nothing if it weren’t for my work and the work of the complete cast. Nothing would matter if it wasn’t for the work of everyone, which is a very cool thing because the film is about that..about no man being able to survive for by himself, that teamwork is necessary, that each Spartan is an essential element and that if only one fails, everything shatters. If Zack had failed, I would not be sitting down here and I had failed the Zack would not be sitting down here. People should have failed for not having to give so many interviews (laughs).

L.S.: You are going to be Snake Plissken, right? Is it true about, “Escape from New York?” Is it confirmed?

G.B.: It is confirmed, but it’s clear that it yet depends on finding the right script and the right
director. I love the idea, but it’s going to be a while yet. It’s going to be at least more months or a year until we sit to discuss the project. But it’s a great idea. If the people make it right, it can be another very cool and very different movie. I would not make it if I didn’t think it could be something different and challenging.

L.S.: So, it’s not a remake?

G.B.: It’s a remake in the sense that it’s John Carpenters’ “Escape from New York” but at the same time is a new visualization of everything. I think that it is going to be equal in the basic elements, but inside these limits, it’s going to be very different.

L.S.: Have you spoken to Kurt Russell about this?

G.B.: No, not yet. Everything happened so fast and I still don’t know if I want to talk with Kurt Russell about it. You know, he is one of my favorite actors and he, in John Carpenter’s, “The Thing”…well, “The Thing” is one of my favorite films. But I want that this be my Snake Plissken. I didn’t talk to Russell Crowe before I played this role. Talking with people is only going to make you turn a worse version than the ones that were done before. I don’t want to do that.

L.S.: There are various discussion about the political content of 300, especially in relation to the situation in the Middle East. In your perspective, playing the king, who is also a hero, how would you define your Leonidas?

G.B.: You know, this is something that you are going to have to decide. We knew that we were stepping in dangerous territory. I knew that the parallels that I had that traced would be of a very personal nature inside my head and thinking what my own people, the Scots, went through. But I wouldn’t put it in the modern context, because to talk about it is silliness. It would not be this that would give the flavor or the fire that I need. People are saying that this film has a political assertion; there are others who have said the same, but in a way that is entirely different. You know, there are those who say it’s Bush, or better yet, they say that it’s the US, and there are those who say it’s Iraq and they are changed. It gives the argument to the two meanings. So it’s difficult to say that we are making a political assertion when people are saying opposite things. But this is cool because puts people to discuss the present situation, but this was not to our intention.

L.S.: How is it to go from “The Phantom of the Opera” to a man of war? In “Phantom” evil gave to see your face and in this film it’s all a physical thing. How was the preparation? Was it difficult?

G.B.: It was very difficult…he just finished me off with four questions at once (laughs). The training for this was very, very difficult. For 8 months, I had a controlled diet and I exercised 6 hours per day and worked out on set. I had two physical trainers and doubles …it was very extreme and I suffered a lot after filming. In “Phantom” it was different, having singing lessons. And I assumed that responsibility full time, to say, I was already singing at 7:30 am and I was already at the studio and making attempts. I sang in all the places I could. It seemed like an obsession, but I am accustomed to playing obsessive characters and it worked. The Phantom for me was a very emotional thing, like primitive yelling. I felt these very deep and dark emotions that I had tried to describe to these people who hadn’t seen me, because it was something that came from so low that was very frightening. To feel this for months was an experience and so much more. To play the Phantom was a beautiful thing, but at the same time it was very dark and dangerous to a certain degree. And now, in this role, it’s as if what I felt in Phantom was reduced to a tiny point, in the center of everything. And I felt so strong, so focused, and invincible that it seemed like a laser pointing to the front, almost as an opposite. But both roles required a lot of work. This last was most painful. Without going into much detail, there were some things I immediately decided about the king, in terms of posture and body. The way that he moves and that way that he expresses himself, the intensity of his look, then you construct everything from there, from this skeleton, as it was itself the meat on the bones. And it was funny because I had forgotten those decisions when I watched the movie. I kept thinking, “Wow, but that serious voice I had there…” At times, I am seeing the images of the film and I see myself with the shoulders out to here, and that posture and I saw that I was appreciating all that strength and power. It was half a shock to see everything together, the things that I did as king and that look and think, “Was that me who did that?” I love when I can barely recognize myself. Same thing with the Phantom. Those are guys that you really have to leave the place to play them. When I played, “Attila the Hun”, I had a dream soon after filming, in which I was watching Attila, observing him, but I was seeing myself. It was my face that I saw, but in my dream, I didn’t have the sensation that he was me. After I woke up, I must say that I was very satisfied.

L.S.: Aside from the graphic novel, did you have another source of research to create Leonidas?

G.B.: Yes. I had the comic book, but I also saw two long documentaries about the Spartans, aside from lots of literature about the Spartans, the period of history when the Spartans lived and Thermopylae. But to be completely honest, the most direct contact was between me, the graphic novel and Zack.

L.S.: Did you read anything else by Frank Miller?

G.B.: After “300”? I read “Sin City, to say, I read the rest of “Sin City” and I went out one night with him when we talked about working together in the future. I didn’t know anything and he sent me all these things-there were a lot of things. But I am on the road now and trying to read 25 scripts and I’m not a fast reader, and yet I am trying to read 4 books along with the scripts. So…no.

L.S.: Zack is going to make “Watchmen”. Can you give us any details?

G.B.: There aren’t any details. We talked, but I can’t say anything in Zack's name.

L.S.: Are you going to be someone from the comic book?

G.B.: I am not going to say anything about it.

L.S.: How was your relationship with Rodrigo Santoro on the sets?

G.B.: He arrived in the middle of filming and it was difficult for him because everyone had already been together, having a good time and he had to do his role very differently. I didn’t have any will to be in his place. But we got along very well and we talked a lot. Even more so, we went out and had fun. He is a great guy and I must say that his work in this film is phenomenal. It would have been much easier to run less risks and to make light of the role, but he really was so out there as much as was necessary to create Xerxes- so extreme as much as the rest of the film. And he did it! He is a great guy. Really! Do people know that when people stay friends right away, that there are in similar phases with you, that they have the same vision as you have about things? I kept thinking that we shouldn’t have talked so much, because we are supposed to be arch-enemies (laughs).

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