Gerard Butler Recalls How He 'Almost Killed' Hilary Swank While Filming P.S. I Love You



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Gerard Butler is recalling the infinitesimal portion helium "almost killed" Hilary Swank astatine the acceptable of P.S. I Love You.

While acting on The Drew Barrymore Show Tuesday, the actor, 50 three, discovered to big Drew Barrymore that helium injured Swank, 48, adjacent arsenic the brace person been moving connected a country successful the 2007 movie wherever helium danced "like an idiot" successful boxer shorts and 2 suspenders.

Detailing that his individual, Gerry Kennedy, turned into expected to get deed wrong the look with the suspender clip adjacent arsenic getting undressed each done 1 a portion of the movie, Butler stated the portion took disconnected and deed Swank's caput rather.

"It gets stuck, it releases [and] flies implicit my head, hits her wrong the caput — slashes her head," helium explained. "I trim her open. You should adjacent spot the teeth [of the clip]. She needed to get taken to the wellness facility."

Added Butler: "Imagine this studio, and successful 3 seconds, anybody's agelong past. And I'm conscionable sitting determination successful my Irish [shamrock] boxer shorts and my boots and a brace of socks, and I conscionable started crying. I scarred Hilary Swank. I astir took her oculus out, and I conscionable made a fool of myself for 2 days."

P.S. I Love You, which turned into directed by mode of Richard LaGravenese and chiefly based connected the 2004 caller of the adjacent telephone by utilizing Cecelia Ahern, follows a widow who learns of 10 messages that her past owed hubby near her aft his nonaccomplishment of beingness to assistance her walk on.

Alongside Butler and Swank — who's presently large and waiting for twins with husband Philip Schneider — the movie additionally stars Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, James Marsters, Harry Connick Jr. and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

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Butler additionally defined astatine immoderate signifier successful his chat with Barrymore, forty seven, that helium went into filming P.S. I Love You with the volition of mounting Swank's desires first.

"I bash not hide saying to the director, I'm nary longer going to deliberation astir myself successful this film, I'm champion going to see her," helium said. "Make definite she's k, she's cool, due to the fact that this is kinda who this [character] become, and it made the revel successful truthful overmuch much amusing."

"When I were fixed retired of ... [the] actor, self-obsessed, however americium I doing [state of mind], I decidedly became much like, 'How is she doing?' " Butler continued, past calling Swank "so chill and truthful unthinkable to enactment with."

The Drew Barrymore Show airs weekdays connected CBS (take a look astatine vicinity listings).