Gerard Butler’s tense standoff with a messenger is one of the most memorable moments in 300. In the scene, his character, King Leonidas, shouts “This is Sparta!” before kicking him into a ...

Gerard Butler’s breakout role That year, Gerard Butler played King Leonidas, a king of Sparta famous in Greece for apparently fighting off a massive Persian army with just 300 Spartans.

to discuss playing King Leonidas, the musclebound alpha warrior who leads an army of 300 Spartans into battle with Xerxes. Says Butler, “I came in like a force of nature, but I was met with an ...

That’s 300 star Gerard Butler with the witty little promo message, inviting fans to re-experience his breakout role as King Leonidas of Sparta. In many ways, Butler has never seen his career get ...

Gerard Butler was on base to promote ... but there was no side-stepping the lore of Leonidas, the Spartan king Butler brought to life in 300, released in the U.S. in 2007 and set (loosely ...

Gerard Butler says there were an “insane” number of injuries when filming his fan-favorite action hit 300. The Zack Snyder ... playing the fearsome Spartan King Leonidas — was apparently ...

Gerard Butler starred as the movie's protagonist, King Leonidas. Without the council's consent, and against the instructions of Sparta's mystical priests, King Leonidas leads 300 soldiers into ...

So that was kinda good,” Snyder said. After finding Butler, Snyder shared there was no reason to look for anyone else to cast as King Leonidas. 300’s dialogue was filled with many quotables ...

Gerard Butler has recalled the brutalities ... In Zack Snyder’s 300, Butler stars as Leonidas, the King of Sparta, alongside co-stars Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, and Rodrigo Santoro.

playing the fearsome Spartan King Leonidas — was apparently quite war zone on set. Butler himself apparently walked away from 300 unscathed, though he detailed injuries he sustained on other ...