Gerard Butler looks deflated as he watches his native Scotland lose 18-3 to South Africa at the Rugby World Cup in Marseille
Gerard Butler looked deflated as he watched his native Scotland play at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday.
The Scottish actor, 53, couldn't hide his disappointment after they lost 18-3 to South Africa at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France.
He was dressed in a blue Scotland rugby shirt and sported his usual rugged facial hair for the public appearance.
Gerard - who hails from Paisley - is a huge rugby fan and is often seen in the stands supporting his team.
As the final whistle went in Marseille, the Springboks kicked off their World Cup defence with a 18-3 win over Scotland.
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Losing team: Gerard Butler looked deflated as he watched his native Scotland play at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday
Gregor Townsnend's men battled gamely for 40 minutes, but were blown away by two quick tries early in the second half.
Meanwhile, Gerard recently made headlines after revealing that co-star Hilary Swank actually got seriously injured during the filming of 2007 romantic drama P.S. I Love You.
The 300 actor appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show earlier this year and told the story about the on-set accident that sent Swank to the hospital and him standing alone in boxers.
'She's so cool and so great to work with that I almost killed her,' he explained to Barrymore.
The actor explained that his character, Gerry Kennedy, was supposed to get hit in the face with a crocodile suspender clip while getting undressed in, but the metal fastener ricocheted in the opposite direction and 'slashed' Swank in the head instead.
'The camera people had plastic fronts to protect themselves from this crocodile clip, it was so dangerous, I had to ping it and it would go past my face.
'This time, I'm crawling towards the bed, it gets stuck, it releases, flies over my head, hits her in the head, slashes her head. I cut her open, you could even see the teeth [of the clip].
'She has to be taken to hospital. Literally, image this studio and in three seconds everybody is gone and I'm just sitting there in my boxer shorts and my boots and a pair of socks and I just started crying.'
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Oh no! The Scottish actor, 53, couldn't hide his disappointment after they lost 18-3 to South Africa at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France
![Out and about: He was dressed in a blue Scotland rugby shirt and sported his usual rugged facial hair for the public appearance](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/10/20/75271419-12502107-image-a-67_1694372901393.jpg)
Out and about: He was dressed in a blue Scotland rugby shirt and sported his usual rugged facial hair for the public appearance
![Score: As the final whistle went in Marseille, the Springboks kicked off their World Cup defence with a 18-3 win over Scotland](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/10/20/75271587-12502107-image-a-82_1694373299585.jpg)
Score: As the final whistle went in Marseille, the Springboks kicked off their World Cup defence with a 18-3 win over Scotland
He says he 'almost took her eye out' and 'just made a fool of myself' as they were filming the scene.
Years later, the heartthrob laughed about the incident while retelling the story, but said the experience gave him imposter syndrome at the time because he was so nervous to work with Swank.
As for Butler's latest, he played a CIA operative trying to make it out of Afghanistan in one piece in Kandahar.
The film was written by former military intelligence officer Mitchell LaFortune, who based the story on his experiences working for the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2013 while being deployed to Afghanistan during the Snowden leaks.
Butler - who most recently starred in the action-thriller Plane - plays Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep undercover in Afghanistan when he learns that his mission has been compromised.
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