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Gerard Butler Says Actors Were Injured “Every Day” While Filming ‘300’
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Tonight we dine in the hospital!

Gerard Butler says there were an “insane” number of injuries when filming his fan-favorite action hit 300.

The Zack Snyder film from 2006 — which marked Butler’s breakout role, playing the fearsome Spartan King Leonidas — was apparently quite war zone on set.

“I remember every day somebody was getting taken to the hospital,” Butler told People. “You’d be doing a fight, you turn around, there’s a guy down there, a spear went in his eye. Another time, you turn around, there’s a guy over there who just fell, broke his ankle. I mean, it was insane.”

Butler himself apparently walked away from 300 unscathed, though he detailed injuries he sustained on other film sets, such as nearly drowning while learning to surf for the 2012 movie Chasing Mavericks.

“I thought I was done,” the 55-year-old actor said. “They had to take me out, take me to hospital,...
See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
  • 1/14/2025
  • by James Hibberd
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News

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