- On the set of P.S. I Love You, Gerard Butler “nearly killed” Hilary Swank in a scene that he is now reliving.
- The actor, 53, revealed to presenter Drew Barrymore during his appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show.
- I almost took her eye out, and I just made a fool of myself for two days.”
On the set of P.S. I Love You, Gerard Butler “nearly killed” Hilary Swank in a scene that he is now reliving. The actor, 53, revealed to presenter Drew Barrymore during his appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show on Tuesday that he hurt Swank, 48, while they were filming a sequence in the 2007 movie where he danced “like an idiot” in boxer shorts and suspenders.
Butler explained that during a scene in the movie where his character, Gerry Kennedy, was getting dressed, the suspender clip was supposed to hit him in the face, but instead, it shattered and struck Swank in the head.
“It gets stuck, it releases [and] flies over my head, hits her in the head — slashes her head,” he explained. “I cut her open. You could even see the teeth [of the clip]. She had to get taken to the hospital.”
Added Butler: “Imagine this studio, and in three seconds, everybody’s gone. And I’m just sitting there in my Irish [shamrock] boxer shorts and my boots and a pair of socks, and I just started crying. I scarred Hilary Swank. I almost took her eye out, and I just made a fool of myself for two days.”
Based on Cecelia Ahern’s 2004 novel of the same name, Richard LaGravenese’s film P.S. I Love You follows a widow who discovers 10 messages her late husband left her after his death to assist her in moving on.
Swank, who is presently expecting twins with husband Philip Schneider, Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, James Marsters, Harry Connick Jr., and Jeffrey Dean Morgan all appear in the movie alongside Butler and Swank.
Butler also revealed to Barrymore, 47, that he entered the P.S. I Love You set with the goal of prioritizing Swank’s requirements.
“I remember saying to the director, I’m not going to think about myself in this movie, I’m only going to think about her,” he said. “Make sure she’s okay, she’s cool, because that’s kinda who this [character] was, and it made the experience so much more fun.”
“When I got out of … [the] actor, self-obsessed, how am I doing [state of mind], I actually was more like, ‘How is she doing?’ ” Butler continued, then calling Swank “so cool and so great to work with.”
On weekdays on CBS, The Drew Barrymore Show is shown (check local listings).
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