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Post by torisweettooth on Aug 8, 2008 8:41:24 GMT -5
So this was how he became an actor. overnight success? [glow=red,2,300]EM: [laughs] Which is interesting since I know that you came into acting quite late in life. You were a lawyer beforehand. Your mom must have been appalled!
GB: [laughs] Well, it was worse than that because I was actually fired from a big law firm in Edinburgh. I had been such a high-flyer up until that point--I was president of my class, tops at my school, I landed a top job with a top firm. But I was miserable. I was drinkin' too much, and I knew in my heart that being a lawyer was not what I wanted to do. Anyway, at one point I had missed work so often that I was on my final warning--and strangely enough, a week before, I'd gone to see Trainspotting, the play, at the Edinburgh Festival, and had my heart broken watching this guy play the lead, Renton, thinking, I know I can do this. So after I missed work again, they let me go. I had to call my mom that night and say, "I know you thought I was going to be a lawyer, but I'm not. I've just been fired."
EM: And now I'm going to be a poncey actor!
GB: [both laugh] That literally happened the next day. I packed my bags and moved down to London. It was like free-falling, but there was something incredibly thrilling about it. One day I heard they were auditioning for Trainspotting and recasting the role of Renton. I had no agent, so I took a little photo of myself and wrote my number on it. The director called me up, and I went in and read from the book, playing two parts, jumping from seat to seat; I spent the next half hour convincing him that I wasn't really on drugs. I ended up getting the job, so a year later, I was back at Edinburgh doing Trainspotting. Even the people from the law firm came to see it. They loved it.[/[/glow][glow=red,2,300] Cute[/glow] Oooooh that was great. I had never read that. I want to see him preform on boardway. He is soooo cute. Awww....(sigh)
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Post by sunlight on Aug 8, 2008 9:51:54 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that interview sheherazad.
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Post by sheherazad on Aug 15, 2008 20:44:06 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that interview sheherazad. You are very welcomed. i LOVE down to earth stories like that.
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Post by sheherazad on Aug 15, 2008 22:34:10 GMT -5
Quote: Gerard Bulter's become a household name, and he ranks among the best-known Scottish actors outside of the UK. Gerard Butler was given [glow=red,2,300][glow=red,2,300]the Spirit of Scotland Award for Screen [/glow][/glow]in 2001, Is that like a [glow=red,2,300]Scottish ' Bafta' [/glow]?
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Post by torisweettooth on Aug 16, 2008 11:25:11 GMT -5
It is kinda like the Scottish Bafta Awards but its not only for films and Television. The Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards also give awards to any Scotsman who has shown spirit or did something amazing. They gave an award to this rich dude who almost died in the mountains. He has donated for sooooo many things and he dedicated his award to this little girl who saved his life. Said she could have ran away but instead she was brave and called for help. She saved him. Its all very touching. Not just that one but its more then just silly awards for movies and actors or musicians.
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Post by sheherazad on Aug 17, 2008 5:52:30 GMT -5
It is kinda like the Scottish Bafta Awards but its not only for films and Television. The Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards also give awards to any Scotsman who has shown spirit or did something amazing. They gave an award to this rich dude who almost died in the mountains. He has donated for sooooo many things and he dedicated his award to this little girl who saved his life. Said she could have ran away but instead she was brave and called for help. She saved him. Its all very touching. Not just that one but its more then just silly awards for movies and actors or musiciansThats very commendable.
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Post by Dianne on Dec 8, 2008 13:10:50 GMT -5
bump
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