Targhis, большое спасибо за перевод. Здорово. Вы меня поражаете своей оперативностью.
Явно работаете с огоньком.
И новое для вас, разумеется, найдется! Даже не одно, а два коротких интервью. Учитывая вашу быстроту.
Нда... Это называется - почувствуйте себя работодателем.
:D :D :D
GERARD Butler has a crush Wednesday January 26, 2005
on a Singaporean celebrity.
The Scottish actor, who played the masked one in the movie version of The Phantom of the Opera, was introduced to former-MTV VJ and Fly Entertainment artiste Nadya Hutagalung at the Bangkok International Film Festival Kinnaree Awards gala dinner by her manager Irene Ang.
They met for drinks after the dinner, and in an interview with Today, Butler recalled of Hutagalung: "My … yes, Nadya. She's so pretty, and Her eyes … she's so composed and so beautiful."
And when asked if sparks flew between them, Butler laughed. "I wish!" He said.
If anything, this actor should have his pick of women as he is set to Be Hollywood's next big sex symbol.
An intelligent and passionate actor, with dark, brooding good looks to boot, Butler was featured in Dracula 2000, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life and Timeline.
Ironically, his first major role required him to hide his face but
Butler said his choice of roles was not ruled by his ego.
"Sure, 14 hours a day with that prosthetic was enough to make me go crazy. It was hot and if it came off, it meant hours of filming lost. But to ever long for my face to be shown on screen, never! That's the last thing the phantom would want to do!"
It was clear Butler loves his occupation. His tired eyes - which he
blamed on too much partying and the dehydrating weather of Bangkok - lit up at the mention of anything related to acting.
A trained lawyer (and president of his university's law society),
Butler said the seven years of studying law were the most miserable of his life.
So miserable that a week before he completed his two-year law pupilage at one of Edinburgh's top firms, he was fired as his unhappiness started to show.
"During some of the most miserable periods of my life, people thought I was very happy," he said.
"And now that I'm actually happier, I don't have to show it. I'm more comfortable with myself." That said, the 35-year-old actor has suffered considerably for his art.
A wooden stake poked him in the eye while he was rehearsing his first play. And on the first day of shooting Mrs Brown, his movie debut, he jumped naked into the freezing sea and had to be treated for hypothermia.
Butler had to take up formal singing classes for Phantom and learn
singing techniques from scratch.
But he noted it was all good. "Pain and struggle are needed to make a job beautiful," he said.
Speaking of beauty, being able to meet a babe like Nadya is another perk of the job.
Irene Ang need not feel left out either. Butler called Mrs Phua Chu
Kang one of the funniest women he'd ever met. - David Chew
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10 Stupid Questions with Attila the Hun
January 30, 2001
'Attila'-Vision Star
10 Stupid Questions with Attila the Hun -- EW.com forces Scottish actor Gerard Butler to defend his heavy metal hairstyle by Justine Elias
Was Attila the Hun a merciless warrior (as most historians say) or just a distractingly handsome guy with a jones for ancient Rome? In taking the latter, less scholarly but more entertainment minded view, the USA network has spent $15 million on ''Attila,'' a four hour miniseries (Jan. 30 and 31, 9 - 11 p.m.). Intrigued, EW.com phoned ''Attila'''s star, Scottish actor Gerard Butler, 30, (''Dracula 2000''), and asked him 10 stupid questions about the project.
''Warrior. Leader. Lover. Hun.'' How cool is that?
Maybe they're not the classiest of advertisements, but they're getting the word out about ''Attila.''
Would it be wrong to think that the missing word is ''stud''?
The Huns typically had many, many wives, so when they went home, they were busy men, getting as much sex as they possibly could because they were away on the road for long periods of time.
Why do Huns get such a bad rap?
Not a lot is written about Huns by the Huns themselves. What's known about them comes from the people they conquered -- the Romans and Westerners -- so the Huns have been painted very blackly through history.
Which was the best aspect of Attila -dom to play?
I'd have to say warrior. Not that I didn't get a great deal of pleasure out of being a lover, but the battles we filmed in Lithuania were fantastic.
But what's up with that skanky looking wig you were wearing?
Actually that hair was mostly MINE, I'll have you know. The top was mine. The rest was extensions. You've REALLY put your foot in it now.
Okay, back to the ''Warrior, leader, lover… ''
Yeah. Let's see what else you can f--- up.
You were also in ''Dracula 2000,'' right?
Could you tell we were writing it each day as we did it? ''Hey, change that scene! Today, you, Dracula, become a bat. No, today you become a ... bowl of strawberries!''
How come you appear, in both movies, to be about a foot and a half taller than everybody else?
Well, [in ''Dracula 2000,''] Jonny Lee Miller is only 4 foot, 6. He has to do most of his acting on a big wooden box. That scene when I belted him in the face? It took him 16 feet in the air. It wasn't difficult. He's a midget.
How tall are you really?
I'm 6'2''. Wait! Don't quote me on that. I'd better ask my publicist. ''Can I tell my real height?'' So are you going to ask me a half decent question?
In a fight between ''Dracula 2000'' and ''Attila,'' who would win?
Now THAT'S a good question. Dracula would win, but Attila would deserve to win -- for his pure passion and belief and his honor and complete fearlessness. Dracula 2000, however, being the most superpowered Dracula I've ever seen, would probably be able to kill Attila with a click of his fingers.
I'm sorry I insulted your hair.
I've worn wigs and I can understand people would think they were horrible, but I really dug that hair. You should see my hair now, it's SO thick. I have ridiculously thick hair. I think when you see me, you'll eat your words.