Gerry Butler | BEOWULF & GRENDEL https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com Gerard Butler - Stellan Skarsgard - Sarah Polley - Ingvar Sigurdsson Fri, 20 May 2011 17:34:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 BEOWULF & GRENDEL ON MONSTERSANDCRITICS.COM https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/beowulf-grendel-on-monstersandcritics-com/ Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:10:52 +0000 http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/movie/?p=200 Sturla Gunnarsson on the set of Beowulf & Grendel in the Glacier Lagoon, Iceland“You have to be a little bit nuts to make any movie” says director Sturla Gunnarsson in an interview with Scott Rosenberg. MORE HERE

The movie, filmed without CGI on location in Iceland, hosts a true international cast starring Scottish born Gerard Butler (‘Phantom of the Opera’), as Beowulf, Iceland’s leading actor Ingvar Sigurdsson (‘K-19: The Widowmaker’) as Grendel, Swedish born  Stellan Skarsgard (‘Dogville’) as king Hrothgar and Canadian born Sarah Polley (‘Away From Her’) as the pagan witch Selma.

Director Gunnarsson, dubbed Canada’s resident “Viking”, was born in Iceland, raised in Vancouver, and shot films in India, South Africa, Mexico, Central America, the United States and Canada.

 

]]> NEW YORK TIMES PRAISES BUTLER https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/new-york-times-praises-butler/ Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:39:57 +0000 http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/movie/?p=167 Gerard Butler as BeowulfSeptember 12th, 2004. New York Times praises Gerard Butler’s performance in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and DEAR FRANKIE, saying that the ‘tall, broad sholdered and ruggedly attractive Butler brings out the Mae West in a woman’. The NY Times goes on to say that in the most sensational of melodramas, Gerard Butler creates a figure of real pathos. Log in to www.nytimes.com to read the whole article.http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/12/movies/moviesspecial/1DURB.html

 

]]> SHOOTING HAS STARTED https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/shooting-has-started/ Mon, 06 Sep 2004 18:36:46 +0000 http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/movie/?p=163 Sturla Gunnarsson on the set of Beowulf & GrendelSeptember 2004. Shooting has started on BEOWULF & GRENDEL, directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and written by Andrew Rai Berzins.

 

]]> GERARD BUTLER SIGNS TO PLAY BEOWULF in Epic Medieval Adventure BEOWULF & GRENDEL https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/gerard-butler-signs-to-play-beowulf-in-epic-medieval-adventure-beowulf-grendel/ Mon, 17 May 2004 18:26:33 +0000 http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/movie/?p=159 Gerard Butler to play BeowulfToronto. The Film Works, Eurasia Motion Pictures, Goodweird Inc, Spice Factory and Bjolfskvida are pleased to announce that Gerard Butler (Timeline, Phantom of the Opera) has signed to play the lead role of Beowulf in the part-fable, part-horror story BEOWULF & GRENDEL, directed by Sturla Gunnarsson (Rare Birds, Such A Long Journey), written by Andrew Rai Berzins (Scorn, Cowboys and Indians).

 

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