P.S. I Love You
Starring…
Gerard Butler.
Now I’m sure most of you will be going ‘Who?’.. but some of you - those of you who are the movie enthusiasts and watch modern films, paying attention to their stars, will know Gerard Butler is the one and only, King Leonidas, from Frank Miller’s “300“.
This… IS…. LOVE!
Nope, just doesn’t work does it.
I’m not one to typecast any actor or actress - and I have absolutely no problem whatsoever disassociating previous roles to enjoy new films.
But how do I watch a film when the whole time, I know.. I just KNOW, I’d be sitting there waiting for him to crack out the sword, and yell “TONIGHT, WE DINE IN.. Maricios’ Italian Restaurant my dear”.
There’s simply too many Internet parodies about the Leonidas character. I rarely go a day without seeing one of them.
It was just yesterday I was reading up about the new eSata external HDD’s, when someone in the thread had posted this:
Hilarious.
See the problem is that 300 was so well received by the ‘general masses’ and is so much part of popular culture, like all things popular, its everywhere. So the face of Gerard Butler is permanently a reminder of King Leonidas’ legacy.
While I’ve no doubt he can act a role like this brilliantly - after all, he played the The Phantom in the 2004 version of The Phantom of the Opera, so I’m sure a romantic role would be within the realm of possibility - it would be very difficult to shed the links and watch P.S. I Love You without picking a line, or a scene, where he can be transformed once again into King Leonidas.
Ahh how the Internet has changed our World forever.
Link: P.S. I Love You
Link: Gerard Butler @ IMDB
