Gerard Butler looks disheartened as he watches his home country Scotland lose 18-3 to South Africa at the Rugby World Cup in Marseille
Gerard Butler looked disheartened as he watched his home country Scotland play in the Rugby World Cup on Sunday.
The 53-year-old Scottish actor couldn’t hide his disappointment after they lost 18-3 to South Africa at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France.
He wore a blue Scotland rugby jersey and sported his usual rough facial hair during his public appearance.
Gerard – who hails from Paisley – is a huge rugby fan and is often seen in the stands supporting his team.
When the final whistle blew in Marseille, the Springboks launched their World Cup defense with an 18-3 victory over Scotland.
Losing team: Gerard Butler looked disheartened as he watched his native Scotland play in the Rugby World Cup on Sunday
Gregor Townsnend’s men fought bravely for 40 minutes but were overwhelmed by two quick tries early in the second half.
Meanwhile, Gerard recently made headlines when he revealed that co-star Hilary Swank was actually seriously injured during filming of the 2007 romantic drama PS I Love You.
The 300-year-old actor appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show earlier this year and told the story of the on-set accident that sent Swank to the hospital and left him standing alone in his boxers.
“She’s so cool and so much fun to work with that I almost killed her,” he told Barrymore.
The actor explained that his character, Gerry Kennedy, was supposed to be hit in the face with a crocodile suspender clip while undressing, but the metal clasp ricocheted in the opposite direction and “slashed” Swank in the head instead.
“The cameramen had plastic fronts to protect themselves from this alligator clip. She was so dangerous that I had to ping her and she went past my face.
“This time I crawl to the bed, it gets stuck, comes loose, flies over my head, hits her in the head, slices her head open.” I cut her open, you could even see her teeth [of the clip].
“She needs to be taken to the hospital.” Imagine this studio literally and in three seconds everyone is gone and I’m just sitting there in my boxers, my boots and a pair of socks and I just started crying.
Oh no! The 53-year-old Scottish actor couldn’t hide his disappointment after they lost 18-3 to South Africa at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France
Out and about: He wore a blue Scotland rugby jersey and sported his usual rough facial hair for the public appearance
Result: When the final whistle blew in Marseille, the Springboks launched their World Cup defense with an 18-3 victory over Scotland
He says he “almost put her eye out” and “just made a fool of himself” while they were filming the scene.
Years later, the heartthrob laughed about the incident while retelling the story, but said the experience gave him impostor syndrome at the time because he was so nervous about working with Swank.
As for Butler’s latest film, he played a CIA agent in Kandahar trying to get out of Afghanistan unscathed.
The film was written by former military intelligence officer Mitchell LaFortune, who based the story on his experiences working for the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2013 while deployed to Afghanistan during the Snowden leaks.
Butler – who most recently starred in the action thriller “Plane” – plays Tom Harris, an undercover CIA agent who is stuck undercover in Afghanistan when he learns his mission has been compromised.