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Gerard Butler Interview - RocknRolla at Comic Con 2008

with Rebecca Murray

Gerard Butler, a Comic Con crowd favorite (and no, not just the ladies like him even though it may seem that way), returned to San Diego to talk about his role in Guy Ritchie's action-comedy 'RocknRolla.'

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Transcript: Gerard Butler Interview - RocknRolla at Comic Con 2008

Rebecca Murray from About.com Hollywood Movies at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con.

Gerard Butler – 'One Two' in RocknRolla

No codpieces, no masks, just you?

Gerard Butler: "I know, it's weird, huh? I feel a little bit naked, even though in 300 I was actually naked – and my face, I had my beard, my… In this I don't have any of that. I have to rely on my personality, that's not something I'm very good at."

Working with Guy Ritchie, he has such a specific sensibility, what was this movie like for you?

Gerard Butler: "It was very specific. You kind of knew you were in a Guy Ritchie movie right from the start and the only thing that was different was…"

[Idris Elba is being interviewed next to Butler and Elba calls Butler his twin brother]

Gerard Butler: "This guy is talking… I don't understand how that happened. Can you imagine the two of us popping out together? That'd be a little… Mom's like, 'What the hell happened there?'"

There'd be some questions asked.

Gerard Butler: "You get on a set, it's full of boys quipping jokes, you know like ripping the shit out of each other. And then you've got Guy Ritchie with a script that's hilarious. I mean, you can't wait for these scenes to start because you know you're going to have a blast together. So it was kind of like that. It's kind of different for me. You do movies that are so intense and then you do a… Now this was intense because of the kind of stuff that you're pulling off. It's a blast, you know?"

Really?

Gerard Butler: "Oh yeah. It's so much fun."

But it's action-packed?

Gerard Butler: "It's a lot of action but it's a comedy. It's a lot of dialogue. It's a lot of personality and character. It's Guy Ritchie. It's not all action. It's kind of got a mix of all of those things and that's why it's great because you know people are climbing into you and the boys and relationships and fun, and the shit you get up to and the trouble you get yourself into. That's what he does best. Genius."

And he really counts it down for you…5, 4, 3, 2?

Gerard Butler: "Oh, you heard about that? I've never… I tell other directors now, 'You want to get a move on? Just start shouting out 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, because I'll tell you what, no matter what, they'll be ready.' It's kind of insane."