“He looks like a homeless man.” What happened to Hollywood’s chief spartan, Gerard Butler.

Scottish actor Gerard Butler became world famous at an advanced age. He did not have a typical Hollywood way to fame through Disney musicals and filming in youth serials. But when that success came, Butler enjoyed it to the fullest. And his role in the epic action movie “300 Spartans” elevated him to the rank of superstars of Hollywood.

Bearded Scottish man with a great sense of humor fell in love with fans around the world. And the female half of humanity barely restrained emotions, looking at the pumped-up body of the actor. However, then something went wrong, and Gerard ceased to be like himself. There was no trace of muscles, weight problems manifested more and more actively. And dumbbells in his hands replaced a can of beer. What happened to the star of the movie industry and what does he do now?

Fitness nightmare Butler

Gerard starred in many iconic films, including Guy Ritchie’s “Rock and Roll Man”, which was recognized as the best British film of 2019. There were also in his career excellent thriller “Law Abiding Citizen” and comedies “The Naked Truth” and “Bounty Hunter”, where his partner was Jennifer Aniston herself.

But the main role of Butler is considered the character of the Spartan King Leonidas in “300 Spartans”. The actor realized that in order to fully get into the role, he had to be in the best physical shape and in life. Gerard then admitted that the preparation for filming became for him a real fitness nightmare.

It was simply necessary. Every drop of sweat falling from the forehead, every lifted kilogram and squeezed through his teeth repetition will still count later. Putting on a battle helmet and cape and not thinking, “Damn it, I should have practiced more!” – was pretty cool. I stood in front of a formation of Spartans and felt like a real lion.

“300 Approaches.”

For the role, Butler spent so hard training, that they eventually almost squeezed all the juices out of him. First, Gerard enlisted Mark Twight, a famous rock climber and trainer who was absolutely insane in terms of his approach to training. Butler would often vomit after training, he was so exhausted. Twite gave him a set of “300 repetitions,” which included pull-ups and push-ups, deadlifts, box jumps, kettlebell presses, and bench presses. And all 50 repetitions each, which totaled the same 300.

But that wasn’t all. Butler flipped truck tires, worked out on gymnastic rings, ran cross-country. And to polish it all up, at the end he hired a bodybuilder from Venezuela, who made his body not only strong, but also beautiful. Gerard really did not want to look like a pathos actor, who is starring in a cool movie, and he has a beer belly protruding.

The work didn’t go to waste. Gerard was a real sex symbol of the movie industry. The movie was a huge success, Butler cemented himself at the top of Hollywood, but there were still side effects. The grueling workouts literally almost killed him. The actor had so much overtraining that the doctors recommended that he did not do sports in the next 8 months.

And such an abrupt stop of training inevitably leads to weight gain and loss of muscle mass. Of course, after “300 Spartans” Gerard continued to act in quality movies and was there very good. But his overweight problems often returned. Given that Butler is not indifferent to alcohol and some illegal drugs, at times the actor looked quite sad. “He became like a homeless man,” – wrote his fans after the Scotsman was spotted on the street in an unsightly form.

Back in uniform?

Despite these metamorphoses with the appearance, Butler continued to receive good offers of roles in Hollywood. All the same crazy charisma took its toll. Confirmation of this – the main roles in the action movies “Thief Hunt” and “Angel’s Fall”, where his partners were such people as 50 cent and Morgan Freeman.

Recently, Gerard has lost a lot of weight. So much so that fans began to build various theories as to why this might have happened. There were versions of drugs, but the actor himself denied all doubts, noting that he simply returned to good shape. And we want to believe that the main Spartan of Hollywood will give viewers many more great pictures with his participation.