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Gerard Butler On Filming ‘300’: “Every Day Somebody Was Getting Taken To The Hospital”


Gerard Butler recalls the difficulties of filming 300 and how many of his co-stars were being taken to the hospital due to injuries.

Butler starred as the King of Sparta in the 2006 Zack Snyder film 300, in which the actor co-starred with Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, and many more. Butler also mentioned that while filming 2012’s Chasing Mavericks, he was “taken down by a huge set of waves” and “almost drowning,” adding, “I thought I was done. I Love You and almost shooting Angelina Jolie on the set of 2003’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider — The Cradle of Life.

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