Happy Birthday, Gerry
Today is Gerry Butler's 38th Birthday.
Best known for his role as King Leonidas in "300," Gerard James Butler is fast becoming one of today's hottest actors. And he's gorgeous, too!
I first "discovered" Gerry when I was tracking the news of the filming of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera." Having been a fan of the show, I was naturally curious about who would be playing the titular role. When I heard that this Scottish actor who had played Dracula and Attila was taking on the role, I was intrigued but not enough to search for any information.
No, Gerry crept in quietly like the good ones always do. My second "discovery" of Gerry came while watching the "Phantom" film. He blew me away with his deeply emotional portrayal of the tortured Phantom, so much so that when the character is "unmasked," my sister and I turned to each other and said, "I could live with that."
But, the "Phantom" came and went and while I now had a face to the name of Gerard Butler, I went on my merry way. My third "discovery" of Gerry came when I joined Netflix. I'm a movie buff, as everyone who knows me knows, and I started by playing catch-up with all the films I had wanted to see but never got around to. Turns out, Gerry was in a few of them. He costars with Angelina Jolie in the sequel to Lara Croft (much better than the first one), he costars in the overlooked "Timeline," (sporting luscious hair and beard), and there he is again in the film "Reign of Fire."
Thus, Mr. Butler started catching my eye. So, I did a search and started renting his films. And since I like to recommend films, allow me to offer a few choice selections of Gerard Butler's body of work.
I would have to recommend: 300 (not for the squeamish, though), The Miracle Match (aka The Game of Their Lives), Dear Frankie (this is just a really sweet film and Gerry is just very sweet in it), One More Kiss, and the four films I mentioned previously. You might also want to check out his Dracula 2000 film (while admittedly not the best film ever made, not only is Gerry dead sexy as Dracula but the Dracula origins story has quite an interesting twist), his portrayal of Attila the Hun (Gerry with long hair and eye liner--yummy, yummy), and Beowulf & Grendel, for the literary value.
What I like about Gerry is pretty simple. I think he is cute. I could watch him and listen to him talk for hours. He has smoky gray eyes and just enough salt in his dark hair to give him that distinguished look. And though he beefed up for 300, he admits to being a slob, not a health-food junky, smoking, and generally carrying on. He's a Scot (and aren't they just yummy?) and he seems to enjoy laughing at himself the loudest.
So, I give a heavy sigh and wish Gerry a Happy Birthday! Cheers!
Best known for his role as King Leonidas in "300," Gerard James Butler is fast becoming one of today's hottest actors. And he's gorgeous, too!
I first "discovered" Gerry when I was tracking the news of the filming of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera." Having been a fan of the show, I was naturally curious about who would be playing the titular role. When I heard that this Scottish actor who had played Dracula and Attila was taking on the role, I was intrigued but not enough to search for any information.
No, Gerry crept in quietly like the good ones always do. My second "discovery" of Gerry came while watching the "Phantom" film. He blew me away with his deeply emotional portrayal of the tortured Phantom, so much so that when the character is "unmasked," my sister and I turned to each other and said, "I could live with that."
But, the "Phantom" came and went and while I now had a face to the name of Gerard Butler, I went on my merry way. My third "discovery" of Gerry came when I joined Netflix. I'm a movie buff, as everyone who knows me knows, and I started by playing catch-up with all the films I had wanted to see but never got around to. Turns out, Gerry was in a few of them. He costars with Angelina Jolie in the sequel to Lara Croft (much better than the first one), he costars in the overlooked "Timeline," (sporting luscious hair and beard), and there he is again in the film "Reign of Fire."
Thus, Mr. Butler started catching my eye. So, I did a search and started renting his films. And since I like to recommend films, allow me to offer a few choice selections of Gerard Butler's body of work.
I would have to recommend: 300 (not for the squeamish, though), The Miracle Match (aka The Game of Their Lives), Dear Frankie (this is just a really sweet film and Gerry is just very sweet in it), One More Kiss, and the four films I mentioned previously. You might also want to check out his Dracula 2000 film (while admittedly not the best film ever made, not only is Gerry dead sexy as Dracula but the Dracula origins story has quite an interesting twist), his portrayal of Attila the Hun (Gerry with long hair and eye liner--yummy, yummy), and Beowulf & Grendel, for the literary value.
What I like about Gerry is pretty simple. I think he is cute. I could watch him and listen to him talk for hours. He has smoky gray eyes and just enough salt in his dark hair to give him that distinguished look. And though he beefed up for 300, he admits to being a slob, not a health-food junky, smoking, and generally carrying on. He's a Scot (and aren't they just yummy?) and he seems to enjoy laughing at himself the loudest.
So, I give a heavy sigh and wish Gerry a Happy Birthday! Cheers!
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