Gerard Butler: ‘My Sense of Humor Gets me Into Trouble’
Posted by Adam
Gerard Butler admits his sense of humor often gets him into trouble.
The Scottish actor — who can currently be seen starring opposite Katherine Heigl in new movie The Ugly Truth — says he once tricked the British press into thinking he was going to be the next James Bond.
“Sarcasm got me into trouble once in Britain when they were asking me about James Bond. I was so sick about being asked about James Bond — it was before Daniel Craig had taken the role.
“They said, ‘So is it true about Bond?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I’m in talks with [producer] Barbara Broccoli. I told her that if Ann Widdecombe can be my Bond girl, then I’ll do it.’
“Now, Ann Widdecombe was at that time mid-70s, hugely overweight, very little hair. I thought it was funny, but the next day in the Scottish papers — they took one part of it and said, ‘Gerald Butler is going to be the next James Bond.’ That’s when you think, ‘Should I just lose my sense of humor completely?’”
Butler — who has been romantically linked to his The Bounty costar Jennifer Aniston — admits he has had to adjust to being famous.
“It’s been a mixture of learning to adjust to slightly different realities in terms of your career, how you’re viewed by the industry and the public and in terms of how you’re viewed when you walk down the bloody street,” he said. “It’s been a mixture of coming to terms with that and then relaxing into it and really enjoying it.”
Tags: gerard butler
