The belated birthday boy, Gerard Butler, is on the November 2009 cover of Signature magazine. In the magazine they talk about his most recent role, Clyde, in Law Abiding Citizen. That movie is about a Dad bent on bringing justice to the people that killed his wife and child in a home robbery. I have heard great things about this role and even Gerard is saying he’s surprised at the reception it’s been getting.
“It was incredible. I was surprised by how the audience gets on Clyde’s side. I think that we all have this sense of injustice and frustration, whether on a personal level, a community level or a national level. Where we feel like our balls have been cut off and there’s nothing we can do. One reason why 300 was so successful is that you saw your heroes kick ass – but not always in the nicest way.”
And what is more surprising is that he switched roles. He was supposed to be playing the part of the prosecutor but changed and wanted to be the criminal. I think that was a wise decision on his part.
These new pictures of Gerard Butler from a photo shoot taken by photographer Carlo Allegri at the Toronto Film Festival. I have never seen photo shoot pictures of Gerard’s and I have to say that I’m impressed.
I am still waiting to see, Law Abiding Citizen, and from what I’ve heard the movie is great. I know Gerard has more movies coming. He’s on top of his game right now!
Law Abiding Citizen is coming soon so catch one of the new clips out. The clip features Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx. And we all know how much I heart Gerard!
If you love the movie Law Abiding Citizen as much as I do you can take a crack at editing your own trailer of the movie over at IGN. There is a wide selection of clips, graphics, music, and sound effects for you to use. The winner will receive a $500 Visa gift card and a chance for the mash-up to be included on the Law Abiding Citizen DVD! F. Gary Gray, the Director, will personally judge the entries, choose his favorite fan-made trailer and give it a spotlight on the film’s eventual release to home video. GET OVER THERE BEFORE OCTOBER 13th when the contest officially closes.
Also I was sent over some awesome stills from the movie and I thought I would add them to this post. I think this will be one of Gerard’s movies to date. See it in theaters on October 16th.
Gerard Butler was on hand last night on the red carpet at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles for the premiere of Law Abiding Citizen. I have written about this movie a couple of times and I think it’s going to be one of Gerard’s best…well other than P.S. I Love You of course.
In Law Abiding Citizen, Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice. Fast forward ten years. The man who got away with murder is found dead and Clyde Shelton coolly admits his guilt. Then he issues a warning to Nick: Either fix the flawed justice system that failed his family, or key players in the trial will die.
Soon Shelton follows through on his threats, orchestrating from his jail cell a string of spectacularly diabolical assassinations that can be neither predicted nor prevented. Philadelphia is gripped with fear as Shelton’s high-profile targets are slain one after another and the authorities are powerless to halt his reign of terror. Only Nick can stop the killing, and to do so he must outwit this brilliant sociopath in a harrowing contest of wills in which even the smallest misstep means death. With his own family now in Shelton’s crosshairs, Nick finds himself in a desperate race against time facing a deadly adversary who seems always to be one step ahead.
Gerard Butler looked very dapper last night at the premiere of his movie, Law Abiding Citizen. I have written a lot about this movie and I can’t wait for it to come out on October 16th. Gerard is this parent sent on revenge and you know how well movies like that play out in theaters.
Gerard Butler has been a working machine lately. His latest movie, Gamer, just opened in theaters last weekend and now his new movie, Law Abiding Citizen, is coming out on October 16th.
Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice. Fast forward ten years. The man who got away with murder is found dead and Clyde Shelton coolly admits his guilt. Then he issues a warning to Nick: Either fix the flawed justice system that failed his family, or key players in the trial will die.
Soon Shelton follows through on his threats, orchestrating from his jail cell a string of spectacularly diabolical assassinations that can be neither predicted nor prevented. Philadelphia is gripped with fear as Shelton’s high-profile targets are slain one after another and the authorities are powerless to halt his reign of terror. Only Nick can stop the killing, and to do so he must outwit this brilliant sociopath in a harrowing contest of wills in which even the smallest misstep means death. With his own family now in Shelton’s crosshairs, Nick finds himself in a desperate race against time facing a deadly adversary who seems always to be one step ahead.
And now they have the official movie poster for the movie.
I can’t wait to see this one. But at this point I am loving everything Gerard is doing. I must be a bit biased.
