![]() So I think that it's really cool that at every turn it kind of goes the way you wouldn't necessarily expect and it's also a great excuse for more violence and more action. They stayed focused and simple and principled and they never budged on that it doesn't really matter what actions come out of those beliefs, there's no conscience there in that respect when it comes to fighting which I loved because as an audience member I'm always saying in my head to the hero, 'Just f*ckin kill 'em, kick the sh*t out of 'em now he's a bad dude.' And in this, that's what they do. ![]() ![]() We really pushed that there's never an apology about who they are. They're very reasonable.' There is a confidence and an arrogance about this king and even in terms of the political dealings either messengers or Xerxes that it's quite risky in terms of keeping an audience kind of in your favor. Yes, I have played similar characters but I'd never come across one that really pushed the envelope in terms of what it takes to be a hero and what it takes to be a villain because, I have to say, there were times when I thought, 'Jesus these bad guys actually seem kind of nice. This film had it all it was a character that I'd never come across before. Likewise, if it was a great script but a character that I didn't love, I wouldn't want to do it. Was it the character that was interesting for you when you decided to take this on or was it the whole Butler: It was the whole thing if I read a script where I had an interesting character but I wasn't really excited about the script then I wouldn't want to do it because that's happened before and I hated it. And for me, it's almost leaving yourself open to that in a weird way it's not even necessarily a technique but leaving yourself open to trying to feel, almost by osmosis this different feeling that's going on there. You're always aware that you're working in a different environment and for me that's - every film you do for one reason or another requires a different thought process or a different approach. What was the challenge for you to play a character in which you're marrying technology and Butler: I can't worry about technology the challenge for me is just to give the best performance that I can. ![]() There's definitely a period of adjustment and physical pain because I stopped training and in actual fact that's probably the worst thing I could've done it was crazy. I think in a way you're still talking like that and holding yourself and then you're like, 'I don't do that any more,' I can slouch again. You feel a little lost and you don't have to hold yourself the same way physically I noticed in watching the video playback, even when I wasn't performing I was still walking around as the King and talking like him. This is always a huge transformation for me and then you finish filming and one, it's the whole routine changes and suddenly you don't have to do what you did any more and it's kind of weird. How did you handle the changes to this shooting Butler: You're always a flounder for a few days, especially the more of a transformation you've had to make you have been in a way in somebody else's mind and somebody else's body. We spoke with Gerard about his transformation to his body and his character. Zack Snyder directed and wrote the epic Frank Miller-based film, which also stars Lena Headey, David Wenham, and Rodrigo Santoro as Xerxes, the leader of Persia.
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