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Gerard Butler Says Actors Were Sent to the Hospital 'Every Day' During Filming of 300: 'Insane'

Gerard Butler told O'Shea Jackson Jr. in a chat for PEOPLE that 'every day somebody was getting taken to the hospital' while he was making '300'

While he doesn't say exactly how he himself was injured on 300, Butler does recall "getting taken down by a huge set of waves" while making 2012's Chasing Mavericks, to the point where he "almost drowned," despite learning how to surf for the movie. "And I spent a day filming in the Icelandic Sea, got basically hypothermia there, overheat(ed) once in Montreal doing a movie," he went on of other ailments he endured while on the job. And despite the fact that he says he's "been rushed to hospital" as a result of acting-related injuries, Butler tells Jackson, 33, of the stunt work, "It's awesome.

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