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This Is What Happens When You Play “Never Have I Ever” With Gerard Butler And Angela Bassett
Gerard Butler and Angela Bassett are two of the badass stars of London Has Fallen. But do their hardcore been-there-done-that attitudes translate from their characters to their real life? Well, it’s time to find out!
Since Gerard spends a lot of time shooting a prop gun in the flick, we had to ask if he’s shot one in real life. He totally had — and apparently it was dan-ger-ous.
Gerard Butler: Almost shot my foot off by the way — first time. It was a Magnum .45 in Alaska and they were showing me how to fire and I was terrible. And I was like shooting at cans, kept missing and I’m holding the gun and I fired it into the ground and could have shot my foot off. They took it off me never to fire again. And I said, “I have a future in action movies!”
Then we just had to ask if they’ve ever been mistaken for another celebrity because could you imagine THAT problem?
BuzzFeed: Who?
Gerard: I get Clive Owen and Russell Crowe.
Angela Bassett: I get Lynn Whitfield.
But what about Googling yourself? Pretty sure if we were famous we’d Google ourselves like every five minutes.
Gerard: Oh come on — everyday!
Angela: I don’t want to see. I don’t want to see the lies they’re telling!
Gerard: No but when I’m kissing some skanky woman in a car park and I see flashes then I google and say did they find that?
Soon it was time to see if the two superstars had ever embarrassed themselves on set — even celebrities have their awkward moments!
Angela: Hmm not that I recall.
Gerard: Shooting Attila the Hun, I had to fight a lion — they used a dead, stuffed lion — and I had to roll around and create all the kind of friction myself. And the lion was so obviously dead.
Angela: The friction — oh that’s awful!
Gerard: So it was folded and it was so heavy and I’m getting sawdust in my eye and I didn’t want to do it but I did it and I’m rolling around with this lion and I finished and the whole set was like [trying to keep in a laugh] because it just looked ridiculous.
Angela: You had to go full lion.
Gerard: Full lion!
Have you ever wondered if celebs get to use their ~famous faces~ to get out of a speeding ticket? Well these two apparently have.
Gerard: On Olympus Has Fallen, we were doing a script writing session and I was so angry — it wasn’t going well at that point — and I was driving down the freeway at 150 miles an hour. And I remember, ‘cause I get crazy as you [Angela] know, and I remember going, “I don’t care if I live or if I die!” and I drive past a police car and it puts its lights on before I even get past it and I’m like, “That’s it.”
Angela: They didn’t even need to put the speed gun on you — they know you.
Gerard: He could see I was flying so fast! And then he pulled me over and he went, “Oh you’re Gerard Butler! How you doin’? What are you doing in town?” and then I was OK. I shouldn’t tell these stories.
How do they feel about cheesy pick-up lines? Turns out Gerard’s more of a fan than Angela.
Angela: Of course not.
BuzzFeed: [To Gerard] Do you have a go-to?
Gerard: Can I buy you a drink or would you rather just have the money?
And everyone likes karaoke right? Well Gerard and Angela definitely do!
BuzzFeed: What’s your go-to song?
Gerard: Today’s gonna be the day that they’re gonna bring it back to you — “Wonderwall.”
Angela: Oh god um… I’m defying gravity, I think I’ll try — you know on and on and on.
Gerard: No! Go — that was awesome!
OK time for some real talk… had they ever used someone else’s toothbrush without telling them? The answer will probably make you go ewwwwwww.
BuzzFeed: You guys are monsters!
Gerard: And not to brush my teeth!
Angela: Oooooh.
BuzzFeed: Oh my.
Angela: You mad at somebody? You mad. Just getting back, so spiteful.
Gerard: “I don’t remember it being this color.”
Finally, since their characters find themselves in some precarious situations, we had to ask if either of them had a life-or-death experience IRL.
Angela: No, thank god.
BuzzFeed: [To Gerard] Totally, why?
Gerard: Well a few times but one on a movie, Chasing Mavericks, where I went under for a long time, one of the biggest waves in the world. And I spent the night in hospital and the next day they had to jumpstart me because it was pretty bad on the ol’ ticker.