Swank was hurt while filming a sequence in which Butler danced “like an idiot” while wearing only boxer shorts and suspenders, Butler claimed on “The Drew Barrymore Show” on Tuesday. Swank’s head was “slashed” by the metal fastener that was supposed to strike Butler’s character, Gerry Kennedy, in the face as he undressed.
“It [got] stuck, it release[d] and [flew] over my head,” the actor, 53, explained. “I cut her open. You could even see the teeth [of the clip]. She had to get taken to the hospital.” Butler called the accessory “so dangerous,” noting that the camera crew “had plastic fronts to protect themselves” from the flying metal.
The studio evacuated “in three seconds” following the incident, leaving Butler sobbing in his underwear. “I left a scar on Hilary Swank. The “300” actor claimed, “I almost took her eye out, and I just made a fool of myself for two days, calling my former co-star a “great” person to work with.
A “P.S. I Love You” sequel was announced in February 2020, although Swank and the film’s other stars, Lisa Kudrow, Kathy Bates, and Harry Connick Jr., have made no comments regarding their involvement. Butler would not comment on the project’s advancement on Tuesday.
The Scottish producer jokingly told the Sun in March 2016 that he had no intention of ever trying to imitate his character’s Irish accent after “all those wonderful responses and glorious feedbacks” he received. “I’ve ticked that box,” he continued.
Swank, who is expecting twins with her “Alaska Daily” co-star Philip Schneider, is preoccupied as she waits for their arrival. In her third trim
