How do you clean up a celeb's rough-and-tumble bad-boy image? With a few well-appointed magazine cover stories. Gerard Butler, the subject of my latest Career Watch at Inside Movies, graces the cover of May's Architectural Digest, which features a spread on his 3300-square-foot Chelsea loft in Manhattan, complete with screening room, 13-foot-tall mahogany doors, erotic ceiling frescos and crystal chandeliers. Butler describes the loft, which was designed by architect Alexander Gorlin and designer Elvis Restaino, as "bohemian old-world rustic chateau with a taste of baroque." And he tried to tone down his image as a rake in the April issue of Men's Journal, claiming that his drinking days are long behind him, and he doesn't go out with as many women as you think, despite tabloid ...
- 5/7/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Scottish-born star is box office gold, despite being vilified for his film roles and private life. Yet these are the secret of his success
The latest edition of Architectural Digest dropped through America's letter boxes last week. On its cover – barefoot, grinning and lounging in a comfy red armchair – was Hollywood's hottest leading man.
Yes, that would be Gerard Butler, the craggily handsome Scottish actor who has emerged from obscurity to star opposite the leading actresses of our time, and whose presence in Hollywood is now as ubiquitous as paparazzi and high heels.
Just how far Butler has come from his roots in Paisley was revealed by the magazine's glamorous shots of his New York loft and the gushing prose that accompanied the photographs. The spread of pictures revealed a massive apartment filled with pillars, limestone lion statues and crystal chandeliers hanging from the high ceilings.
Butler himself did...
The latest edition of Architectural Digest dropped through America's letter boxes last week. On its cover – barefoot, grinning and lounging in a comfy red armchair – was Hollywood's hottest leading man.
Yes, that would be Gerard Butler, the craggily handsome Scottish actor who has emerged from obscurity to star opposite the leading actresses of our time, and whose presence in Hollywood is now as ubiquitous as paparazzi and high heels.
Just how far Butler has come from his roots in Paisley was revealed by the magazine's glamorous shots of his New York loft and the gushing prose that accompanied the photographs. The spread of pictures revealed a massive apartment filled with pillars, limestone lion statues and crystal chandeliers hanging from the high ceilings.
Butler himself did...
- 4/5/2010
- by Paul Harris
- The Guardian - Film News
Movie hunk Gerard Butler has opened the doors to his New York loft home after redesigning the space with film artist Elvis Restaino and architect Alexander Gorlin. The "300" star's dream pad in Chelsea is featured in the new issue of Architectural Digest magazine.
Its castle-like decor features antique furniture, raw beams, chandeliers and a ceiling fresco, and Butler admits it's the perfect home for him - even though it wasn't cheap. He says, "I wanted something elegant and gorgeous and at the same time rather masculine and raw."
"I knew it was going to take a lot of work to turn the loft into a place where I actually wanted to live, but I didn't realize it would be four years before I spent the night." The two-storey loft is housed in a converted manufacturing warehouse, which boasts views of the Empire State Building. Butler also boasts an apartment in...
Its castle-like decor features antique furniture, raw beams, chandeliers and a ceiling fresco, and Butler admits it's the perfect home for him - even though it wasn't cheap. He says, "I wanted something elegant and gorgeous and at the same time rather masculine and raw."
"I knew it was going to take a lot of work to turn the loft into a place where I actually wanted to live, but I didn't realize it would be four years before I spent the night." The two-storey loft is housed in a converted manufacturing warehouse, which boasts views of the Empire State Building. Butler also boasts an apartment in...
- 4/1/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Movie hunk Gerard Butler has opened the doors to his New York loft home after redesigning the space with film artist Elvis Restaino and architect Alexander Gorlin.
The 300 star's dream pad in Chelsea is featured in the new issue of Architectural Digest magazine.
Its castle-like decor features antique furniture, raw beams, chandeliers and a ceiling fresco, and Butler admits it's the perfect home for him - even though it wasn't cheap.
He says, "I wanted something elegant and gorgeous and at the same time rather masculine and raw.
"I knew it was going to take a lot of work to turn the loft into a place where I actually wanted to live, but I didn't realise it would be four years before I spent the night."
The two-storey loft is housed in a converted manufacturing warehouse, which boasts views of the Empire State Building.
Butler also boasts an apartment in London and a home in the Hollywood Hills.
The 300 star's dream pad in Chelsea is featured in the new issue of Architectural Digest magazine.
Its castle-like decor features antique furniture, raw beams, chandeliers and a ceiling fresco, and Butler admits it's the perfect home for him - even though it wasn't cheap.
He says, "I wanted something elegant and gorgeous and at the same time rather masculine and raw.
"I knew it was going to take a lot of work to turn the loft into a place where I actually wanted to live, but I didn't realise it would be four years before I spent the night."
The two-storey loft is housed in a converted manufacturing warehouse, which boasts views of the Empire State Building.
Butler also boasts an apartment in London and a home in the Hollywood Hills.
- 3/31/2010
- WENN
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