Geraldโ Butler Immersed Himself in Role for New โfilm, Woke Up Mid-Shoot in his โUnderwear
Toโฃ prepare for a recent role, actor Gerard Butlerโ took method acting to a new โlevel, spending aโ night โalone inโ the โฃfilm’s set-a Village apartment-to fully inhabit his character. “For one night, I had the whole โapartment to myself,” butler said. “I played music, โคI danced around, and I ate Chinese food in there. โIt made me feel like I really lived there.โ Iโข slept there all night,โฃ and I woke up to the โcrewโ coming in whileโ I was in my underwear.”
Butler’s efforts toโ make the set feel like โขa real home proved effective. “there are many things that conspire againstโฃ you when you’re making a movie,”โฃ he explained. “So the more I can โdo to trick myself,the more vital itโฃ is.” He also focused on โฃthe physical aspects of the role, aiming for the build of aโ formerโ athlete.
To achieve the “certain thickness” required forโข the character, Butler combined workouts with a surprising dietary addition: โฃbeer. However,โ his approach โdidn’t entirely align with the โฃdirector’s vision. Darren Aronofsky reportedly asked Butler to “work aโ little less hard and to relax a little bit” because he desired “looseness” in โขthe performance, as he โขtold Variety. The beer โconsumption,it seems,was intended to facilitate that looseness.