Gerard Butler: 'I wouldn't play Bond'

Gerard Butler has suggested that he would never take on the part of James Bond because viewers would then find it hard to accept him in other films.

The 300 star told ShortList that actors risk being typecast if they take on such an iconic role.

Butler said: "I enjoy doing an array of films. If I was to play Bond, that would quickly stop. How likely would I be accepted doing those roles after having played Bond?

"You do a lot of movies as Bond and you'd become even more synonymous with the role. I think Daniel Craig is a great Bond and good for him, but I would much rather create a role from nothing."

He added: "I feel blessed to have done 300 because I think it will go down as a seminal movie and a classic. And it came out of nowhere."

Butler also confirmed that he briefly appeared in Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies, but revealed that the director took away his only line because he could not understand his accent.

"They gave it to a really effeminate chap. He was a good bloke, but he delivered the line like it was a piece of gossip. I was gutted," he said.