Did Gerard Butler approach Vishal?

[canadia]

Some crazy website started a rumour that the handsome 41-year-old Scottish actor Gerard Butler (300, The Phantom of the Opera and P.S. I Love You) known for his rumoured obsession with hottie Priyanka Chopra (remember she threw a party for him at her home a year ago?) was wanting to do a role in Vishal Bhardwaj’s film Saat Khoon Maaf. Before long, Bollywood was buzzing with the news of Gerard’s Hindi film debut.

Vishal himself is currently in Coorg shooting yet another schedule of his exciting film and was unavailable to throw light on the issue. But a source close to the unit confirms that Gerard reportedly told Vishal that he would have liked to do the part of the Russian husband to PC in Saat Khoon Maaf. However, he doesn’t speak any Russian and the actor wondered if Vishal could change the character from Russian to Scottish, something closer to what Gerard could identify with. However, Vishal’s not the sort who will change anything in his script to suit any actor in the world. The award winning filmmaker’s word is always final. Hah, so that’s probably why Butler missed out working with Bhardwaj.

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[Dianne]

Apr 16, 2010 15:25:12 GMT -5 canadia said:

Some crazy website started a rumour that the handsome 41-year-old Scottish actor Gerard Butler (300, The Phantom of the Opera and P.S. I Love You) known for his rumoured obsession with hottie Priyanka Chopra (remember she threw a party for him at her home a year ago?) was wanting to do a role in Vishal Bhardwaj’s film Saat Khoon Maaf. Before long, Bollywood was buzzing with the news of Gerard’s Hindi film debut.

Vishal himself is currently in Coorg shooting yet another schedule of his exciting film and was unavailable to throw light on the issue. But a source close to the unit confirms that Gerard reportedly told Vishal that he would have liked to do the part of the Russian husband to PC in Saat Khoon Maaf. However, he doesn’t speak any Russian and the actor wondered if Vishal could change the character from Russian to Scottish, something closer to what Gerard could identify with. However, Vishal’s not the sort who will change anything in his script to suit any actor in the world. The award winning filmmaker’s word is always final. Hah, so that’s probably why Butler missed out working with Bhardwaj.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Did-Gerard-Butler-approach-Vishal/articleshow/5821232.cms

Who knows, I found that some to the Indie news sounded ridiculous Then I found out that a lot of it was true about Gerry, like him drinking out of the Ganges only to find it true because he, himself told the story on Leno... I am not going to discount their rumors anymore.

About Paprika (my pet name for Priyanka) I think she may still harbor feelings for Gerry. There was SOMETHING to their romance rumor. I believe he romanced this gal something fierce, she got Butlerized, began to fall hard and Gerry got scared and flew the coop. She may be trying to lure him back.

You know, is it a co-ink-ee-dink that right after Gerry left India she broke up with her boyfriend? I think not.

[canadia]

I do see that Priyanka is being inundated by twitters asking if this was true have not checked to see if she has responded at all. She gets far more questions than she could possibly answer which is why one would think Gerry would not get twitter, or only a private one or he would be inundated. If you see the stupid questions the fake twitter gets asked I can see him losing patience.

The report that he visited her on set once when she was in NYC filming seems pretty credible. She could be yet another one of Gerry's female friends forever to remain just a friend.

And the fact that he may have inquired about a role and wasn't interested because it involved playing a Russian sounds credible. It was cool that someone in India decided to play Gossip Cop. I wonder if they will ask the actual director about the story.

I don't think that a very small role in a Bollywood movie, this one sounds like a thriller not a musical would hurt at all. It would raise his already rising international profile but regardless of the story it's not going to happen, not with this movie anyway.

I will say that I was following PC's twitter because she was filming in the US and I have to say I find her a bit dull so I unfollowed her. If you can judge a person by their twitter. Jim Carrey is hilarious on his twitter.

[surj]

Hello Ladies, Initially I thought this must be a daft story, but it could have some crediability as the director was the same chap who had directed PC in the critically acclaimed film "Kaimney" - which was when GB met PC last year whilst PC was making the film in India or Chicago.

Could someone please let me know via a message (as I finally know how to use it!) how you can check Twitter regarding how to find out the above post from Canadia.

PS: Rumours are rife Russell Crowe is to star in a Bollywood film, so nothing would surprise me.