GERARD BULTER
TAPPED FOR BEOWULF
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[ June 1st 2004 ]
Scottish
actor Gerard Butler has been tapped to star in
Sturla Gunnarsson's adaptation of the poem Beowulf,
reports Variety Magazine. Butler, who appeared
alongside Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie
in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life,
will portray Norse warrior Beowult in the Canada/UK
co-production. Beowulf chronicles the medieval
struggle to rid the Hall of Heorot from Grendel,
a murderous troll bent on a killing rampage. The
10-week shooting schedule begins in Iceland in
August.
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