Gerard Butler did sing in the Phantom of the Opera.

A very short clip of Gerry singing. This “It’s pretty exhilarating right from the start. “I was a shower singer, then suddenly I had to sing ‘Music of the Night’ for Andrew Lloyd Webber.

His family is of Irish origin.

“I don’t know if there’s a way to update that, but I love the idea of going to Ohio and pulling off something like that!”Until then, we repeat: “The Phantom of the Opera is hereeeee, but where the hell is that sub?”© 2018 WTOP. But being back in New York, I was just thinking the other day, ‘I need to go and start take singing lessons, just for the hell of it, just for fun.’ It’s a nice muscle to keep toned.”“Maybe it’s a little old fashioned, but I love ‘Music Man,'” Butler said.

Not just death, but horrible death. This clip was edited from an interview. At that point, I had two singing lessons.

6 Ways Gerard Butler was a Great 'Phantom' By Caitlyn Callegari. … It suddenly felt very plausible that step by step this situation could unfold, and it could very quickly escalate to the brink of war. However, he continued to stay out late drinking and he frequently missed work because of this. “I didn’t just do the meeting. WTOP's Jason Fraley chats with Gerard Butler ( Gerard Butler dishes on his new action flick “Hunter Killer” and shares what his "Phantom of the Opera" might sing on the submarine. You’re grabbing the edge of your seat.

Then suddenly I’m producing this movie, and let’s offer this role to Gary!

I wanted very much to be famous."

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'”He’s also proven adept at romances from “P.S. He was so cool, humble and nice to me and giving me advice. Search.

I ended up calling Alan Horn at Warner Bros. to say, ‘You have to know how much I care about this. One week before he qualified as a lawyer, he was fired. So I’m lucky enough to be able to play those different roles to be able to move from action to romantic comedy, then move to some weird, quirky psychological thriller or a musical. “I met Gary literally the first week I moved to London. … You get hit by a torpedo, what does that mean? Gerard spent some of his very early childhood in Montreal, Quebec, but was mostly raised, along with his older brother and sister, in his hometown of Paisley. “I always just sang for me, for fun,” Butler said.

website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area. This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area.Copyright © 2020 by WTOP. It was certainly a bizarre casting choice, that may have had a lot to do of being instantly smitten and caffeine riddled, but it was one that actually worked. All Rights Reserved. How did this happen?”Of all of Butler’s roles, his most iconic might be the action flick “300” shouting, “This is Sparta!”“What got me ‘300’ was I went the extra step,” Butler said. The movie featured the likes of Patrick Wilson, Emmy Rossum, and Minnie Driver.

It’s time!”Indeed, it’s been 14 years since he played the title role in “The Phantom of the Opera.”“I always just sang for me, for fun,” Butler said.

So now, on the movie's tenth anniversary, here are all the legitimate reasons why Butler was an unexpectedly good phantom:Here's my written apology for the PTSD this GIF of PS I Love You may have caused.

Ten years ago, when I was in 8th grade, my guilt ridden chorus teacher bought us the Now, I mention Butler not because no other notable people starred. … Then around 2015, we went, ‘OK, I can see this now.’ … You had a completely different reaction when you read the script. He admitted, "When I started out, I'm not sure I was actually in it for the right reasons.

“Two of my Top 5 movies and three of my Top 10 movies are submarine movies, because there isn’t a better space to put nail-biting, claustrophobic, tense, contained drama anywhere in the universe.

“When I read the script in 2011, there wasn’t anything going on between these [countries], there wasn’t any tension.

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Freezing cold water pouring in at high pressure, your body imploding, asphyxiation, carbon dioxide poisoning — it’s a terrifying place to be.”Here, the job of creating the tension falls to director Donovan Marsh.“I interviewed 10 directors for this movie,” Butler said. I Love You” to “The Ugly Truth.”“I try to do all sorts of movies,” Butler said. Ten years ago, when I was in 8th grade, ... His Singing was Raw and Emotional. I mention him particularly because he was made in the likeness of the non-Tom Selleck looking Brawny paper towel man.

Gerard James Butler was born in Paisley, Scotland, to Margaret and Edward Butler, a bookmaker. Upon graduation, he took a position as a trainee lawyer at an Edinburgh law firm. Gerard Butler, Actor: The Phantom of the Opera. You take the kernel of an idea and go to town. A very short clip of Gerry singing. WASHINGTON — Gerard Butler’s career spans everything from action heroes in “300” and “Olympus Has Fallen” to heartthrobs in “P.S. I took my first singing lesson for ‘Phantom of the Opera.’ I can’t say that I sing as much as I used to. … That’s the idea behind great action thrillers.”Butler plays an unproven U.S. submarine captain named Joe Glass, who teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.“‘Hunter Killer’ is actually a type of fast-attack nuclear submarine the U.S. has that locates and destroys enemy subs and surface ships with stealth,” Butler said. “Weirdly enough, I got this little South African movie, this fun little thriller and I thought, ‘I’m not gonna like this, it looks cheap,’ and then I started watching it training in the gym and 10 minutes in I go, ‘This is kind of cool!’ There was such a presence and energy in how he moved the camera, how tight it was in the editing.”It doesn’t hurt having Gary Oldman, who’s fresh off his Best Actor Oscar in “Darkest Hour.”“I taught him everything he knows,” Butler joked.