RELATED: Leave it to Gerard Butler to save 'Angel Has Fallen' When I was a kid and Sheena Easton made it in America, I would hear her and scream at the TV: “Look at you! You’re a sellout! You’re a traitor!” Now I hear myself being interviewed, and I sound like Sheena Easton!

Q: You still sound very Scottish compared to some Scotch people who have moved to the States, like Sheena Easton.Ī: Oh, you should ask a Scotsperson, because they don’t think I sound very Scottish. But with Americans, it just drags on, like, “Hellooo, Gerrrr-arrrrrrd.” So, you can just call me Gerry. In Scotland, we say “Jared,” which isn’t the prettiest way to say it. Question: Do all Americans say your name wrong? In European interviews, they pronounce it “Jared.”Īnswer: (Laughing) I wouldn't say you all say it wrong, but you say it how you say it. He's warm and game to talk about anything from his film career to his apparently fading Scottish burr, which still makes everything he says sound instantly charming. However, at 49, could Butler's days as an action star be coming to an end? He hints at that during a recent call to plug the movie. It's given the Scottish-born star a hit franchise to add to a career that includes such touchstones as '300,' 'The Phantom of the Opera' and 'Law Abiding Citizen.' 'Angel Has Fallen' marks the third time that Gerard Butler plays Mike Banning, a hot-tempered Secret Service agent continually called into action to rescue the president.

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