There was a lovley article in the Scottish DailyRecord that was essentially about how Madonna helped Gerard Butler get over a throat infection when he was working on RocknRolla with her husband/director Guy Ritchie. But there was an interesting little section that I thought people here might like to see. It's rare for actors to talk about other actors, especially when they haven't just worked together - it's almost an unwritten law. But what he said about James is just lovely. He didn't need to say anything, nor to be as expansive as he was. I think deep down that they are both just down-to-earth and really nice guys.


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Along with James McAvoy, Gerard is helping to tartan up Tinseltown.

Taking time out in a Los Angeles hotel, he said: "Things have been going pretty well for me and James. He's just setting the world on fire. But I don't know if it's just luck that it happens to be a couple of Scots just now and next week it might be a couple of English." He starts laughing. But Gerard doesn't think he and James's successes are feeding off each other.

Shaking his head he said: "I don't think my success has had any impact on James's career, and I don't think his success has had any impact on mine. I think maybe a while ago, when Jude Law and Ewan McGregor were around, maybe they in some way paved the way for a bigger acceptance of Scots and English in bigger Hollywood films. But I wouldn't say that is the case now. I don't think James is getting any roles because of me and vice-versa. I think he's getting roles because he's a great actor."
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ETA: Re-copied here as not everyone would read the Gerard Butler thread in General