Gerard Butler Puckers Up

Its an unwritten and unbreakable rule that you always praise any colleague in your project - stupid not to - especially when, like Law Abiding Citizen, your leading player is also your boss!

From I gather here, I notice a few commentators do not dislike GB; they are just rather frustrated with his film choices which, they believe, hinder him from achieving his potentials. But they are very vague as to what his perceived potentials entail. Oscar? Better name recognition? Better roles? More $?

Even an actor in the make-believe land of Hollywood has to move step by step, one film at a time, building up a solid resume, with sweat and hard work, without any help from fairy dust, competing for each “juicy” role. To be a working actor is an accomplishment all by itself.

I seriously doubt GB turned down any good role with good potential for his acting career. You get what you are offered even in Hollywood.

As to the claim that he picks roles just enough to maintain the lifestyle he so enjoys, I don’t know about that. I think GB is more ambitious careerwise than you give him credit for. He will be 40 soon and he had a late start in film. Maybe he does need to factor in financial consideration when picking roles. I don’t see anything wrong with that. Just my bit.

The frustration, IMO, is the huge hype orchestrated between Mr Butler’s management and PR team, the rabid fan base (it seems that it is a co-dependant relationship) and what the guy might or may actually and realistically achieve in his career.
The fan base and all the hype seem to be to have recently turned the corner from promoting a new young foreign actor, to drastically overexposing a man who it seems (rather than offering a wide range of roles) has not worked out a genre of movie roles that make him an absolute star and household name. The PR overexposure in all the blogs, and websites and worship sites, whilst very entertainly as a blood sport between fans and other commentators, seem to be quickly turning him from being a new discovery to being a real ‘let down’, both professionally (from a very peculiar resumee over that last short time) and it would appear from the gossip sites - personally (just based on what I read in scanning the gossip pages in general).
When I read here that it is his own management who take the photos and so on (if that is true) and give them to these sites to cause a story, I can say that I find the whole charade very wearisome.
Frustrating - (if I was interested in his career) - Yes, Disappointing, manipulated and puzzling - Very!

No. 101. You are a cynical person, aren’t you? Do you always question the motive and sincerity when you are complemented? Unwritten Hollywood rule or not, don’t try to judge other people’s truthfullness and sincerity by using your standard of a cynic.

@Stinky Louise, who always says smart things. LAC never looked like anything promising to me, just another CSI or similar TV program. Remember, GB did a lot of TV in his youth. TUT looks as if it could be funny and racy, but probably predictable and forgettable, not like, say, Bull Durham. Others here, like pafan, what is this nonsense about don’t post if you are critical? Just see this as like a movie review. You say your opinion, freedom of speech style. There have been some damn ugly pictures of GB published but that happens to all of us. I still think he’s a good lookin’ man with a lot of animal magnetism and personality. So what if he looks older? He IS older than when he was younger. I just wish he’d show his brains more. He’s supposed to have ‘em. And grow into his age.

It seems like there won’t be one frame of this movie that we haven’t seen by the time the filming is done. If Butler’s own management isn’t snapping the photos and shooting the vids, then the film security is deliberately lax. IMO Butler and Aniston have a great deal in common. Both truly need a hit at this point to stay visible and busy in a business that, sadly, prioritizes youth and looks. I think that grabbing the media spotlight is far more important to both of them than creating a memorable performance in challenging, thought-provoking material. It takes great risk and courage to cloak your own self and disappear into a truly dramatic role. I’ve seen it in Butler’s earlier work, but not for a while now. If he finds his niche in comedy, good for him. Maybe that’s where he’ll find a fit for his abilities at this stage of his life.

Give me a break. GB’s management is/are not feeding photos to these sites. The sites have their own regulars.

Alan’s just there when he’s in town to hold the sunglasses and be a good go’fer. Must be a bit demeaning to get your meal ticket from the guy you’re supposed to be best friends with. Gerry should wake up and lose these losers. It’s all about him, not them. But I’m afraid he’s too loyal to past connections. And, with Evil Twins, he’s gotten in too deep with them to ever break free.

Whatever the actual route that his team feed photos to the web; directly to JJ and others or via a third party, the whole caper still appears calculatingly premeditated, and certainly doesn’t live up to the capture of a candid moment that the pics might suggest.

-Atlantic City is currently Hollywood East. Two movies are being filmed in town, Bounty Hunter, co-starring Scottish hunk Gerard Butler (300, PS I Love You) and Jennifer Aniston, and The Warrior starring Nick Nolte and Jennifer Morrison (House).
I heard that last night Butler was playing craps at the Borgata. According to my source, he needs to look like an expert for his film role and he needs a lot of work. He kept throwing the dice off the table. He was playing with his own money but being Scottish that means he was being careful with his funds. He lost his whole wad, $150. No, I didn’t miss any zeros folks. My friend reports that he was the sweetest and nicest celebrity she has ever seen on a game, without any of the “I’m a movie star” baggage. She said he was playing without getting too much attention. I guest the 300 fans don’t recognize him with without his warrior garb. He will be very big later this summer when his romantic comedy with Katherine Heigl, The Ugly Truth, opens. It was on my list of most anticipated films this summer.
Bounty Hunter is an action flick, with Butler playing a bounty hunter who’s hired to retrieve his ex-wife, a journalist who witnessed a murder and has skipped bail, played by Aniston. Bounty Hunter is scheduled to be released in late 2009.

What is the polite term? Frugal?LOLO. Does anyone happen to know if Alan has any other clients or is G the only one?

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Looking good Butler

No. 122: Bye Bye.

we need a scoop.
Gossip please! JJ girls and guys go out and search for something new on G. Things are slowing down here and we need a pick up. Any other blogs out there?