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That role earned him nominations for an Empire Award for Best Actor and a Saturn Award for Best Actor and a win for MTV Movie Award for Best Fight.

That role earned him a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor.īutler gained worldwide recognition for his portrayal of King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war film 300. He then was cast as the role of Erik, The Phantom in Joel Schumacher's 2004 film adaptation of the musical The Phantom of the Opera alongside Emmy Rossum.

He subsequently played Attila the Hun in the miniseries Attila (2001) and then appeared in the films Reign of Fire with Christian Bale (2002) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life with Angelina Jolie (2003), before playing André Marek in the adaptation of Michael Crichton's science fiction adventure Timeline (2003).

In 2000, he starred as Count Dracula in the gothic horror film Dracula 2000 with Christopher Plummer and Jonny Lee Miller. After studying law, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as Mrs Brown (1997), the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and Tale of the Mummy (1998). And I decided to write a short story.”įor the ENTIRE INTERVIEW including ACCOMPANYING ARTWORK AND PHOTOGRAPHS, please click on the button below to ​visit Chris Cooper's blog.Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor and film producer. What would happen if they were around the same age, had the same amount of life experience? What if they shared a love for art and literature? So…I created Olivia. "I wondered what would happen if Erik had a love interest who could keep up with him intellectually one who could challenge him personally, and possibly lead him to redemption. ​ Kristine sought answers in the Andrew Lloyd Webb musical Phantom of the Opera which she’s seen four times: twice on Broadway, once in Las Vegas, and the West End production in London, England. She also saw the 2009 movie Phantom of the Opera with Gerard Butler as the Phantom and Emmy Rossum as Christine Daae.Įven still, her questions were not answered and she began to wonder what would Erik’s life be like if he could experience two things: look past his own deformity to embrace his true artistic self  and fall in love with a strong woman.