Posted by Adam

Monday October 12, 2009

Gerard Butler has accused the paparazzi of ruining his new movie.

The Scottish actor says the New York set of The Bounty — which also stars Jennifer Aniston — proved to be such a hot spot for celebrity snappers, everyone kept getting distracted — making filming almost impossible.

“Unfortunately for poor Jennifer, this roadshow comes out all the time, and then of course there were all the rumors about her and I dating, just because we’re doing a movie together, which brought out even more paparazzi,” Butler said.

“They’ll take 10,000 photographs in one day and wait for that moment where you hug or look at each other in a certain way. Or more individually, there’ll be photos where you scratch your nose and there’s the suggestion of nose picking. You don’t realize it and then suddenly you make that one move and they got you.

“A lot of the paparazzi are really good people but some of them are a nightmare. They go out of their way to disrupt filming and it’s really sad because you’re there with a crew of 200 just trying to make a living. You’re there for 16 hours a day and you have these guys who don’t care if they’re standing in your shot.

“If you go over and you speak to them, they’re like, ‘Don’t f**king touch me!’ So you’ve just got to sit there and wait. Or they’ll flash, so the film you just shot is useless. It’s unbelievable sometimes what they do and you’re thinking, ‘This is allowed?’ That can be very frustrating.”

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