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You’re sort of just holding on, and it’s a little scary at times, totally intense and amazing. We pulled some serious Gs-up to 9.4 Gs-and did all the tricks they fly, like barrel rolls, during their demonstrations. I went up in the backseat of a USAF F-16. What is it Really Like Flying in a Fighter Jet?

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To prepare for this movie, I had to sit on the “flightdeck” for a couple of days to do research flying the Boeing 737 flight simulator for this movie. Then Brodie and a dangerous fugitive he’s escorting have to join forces to survive, jumping out of the frying pan into the firestorm of a war-zone. In Plane, my character Brodie Torrance is a commercial airline pilot who’s caught in a hairy situation after he's forced to land during a storm.

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But this particular time they say I was under for almost a minute. You can be under only for 10-15 seconds but it feels like forever. But the next wave hit and it all started all over again. This 30-foot-high wave hit, and I was under and tumbling over and over, knowing I needed to get upwards.

We were training out in Northern California, and we were out there paddling, I’m with some of the best surfers in the world, and these waves came out of nowhere, and they’re shouting for me to paddle real fast. What Scary Thing happened as You Were Prepping for the Surfer Action Movie, Chasing Mavericks? I scurried off to London to become an actor, but she sent me a note anyway, saying “If this is your dream, then chase it and as long as you’re happy, I’m happy.” Even though she felt let down, mum was still very supportive. But, it was one of the worst days of my life when I had to tell my mum that I was leaving a successful law career even before I officially got started. Overall, that law firm did me a huge favour. I guess I pushed them to finally fire me. As a result, I kept slacking off, taking Fridays and Mondays off, and missing over 30 days of work. I trained for law at this big Scottish firm but in my heart, I felt I just wasn’t cut out for spending a career in law.

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But that bug never left me even when I became president of my Law school society, and was on a path to becoming a professional lawyer. Back then, no films were being made in Scotland. I didn’t go to acting school but even at age 12 or so, I had the acting bug, even though it didn’t seem real, or even attainable. When Did You Know You Wanted to Pursue Acting? He talks to us about grabbing big G-forces in a fighter jet, like Tom Cruise in Top Gun about nearly buying it prepping for a surfer movie about almost becoming a lawyer and, about the preciousness of life. Anyway, we’re glancing at each other, and I’m going, ‘Hey, I didn’t say that.’ I know, right!” Out of nowhere, we hear someone shout, ‘This is Sparta!’ Which is the cry that King Leonidas shouts. And, that movie also has given him some post- 300 laughs, as he recalls: “I was in an airport washroom, and we’re all standing there doing our business. Known for his self-effacing charm, he admits he’s not as buffed anymore as he was playing the Spartan warrior and leader although, he quips that he did take his Spartan cape from the movie set and treasures it. Indeed, his major Hollywood breakthrough happened when he starred as Sparta’s King Leonidas in the blockbuster actioner “ 300” in 2006. To be fair, Butler is a bit of an adrenaline junkie, so he loved doing this movie. While Scottish actor Gerard Butler, 53, has shone in romantic comedies, his fans love him in action movies, like his latest, Plane, where he plays Brodie Torrance a commercial airline pilot who’s caught in a hellfire of a situation after he's forced to land during a storm.