“I cut her open,” the actor said.

Gerard Butlerwent from heartthrob to near heart-stopper on the set of the 2007 romantic comedyP.S.

“You know the scene where I’m dancing and I [am wearing] suspenders?

Gerard Butler Best Performances

Gerard Butler and Hilary Swank in ‘P.S. I Love You’.Jonathan Hession/Warner Bros.

He continued, “I mean, I cut her open.

You could even see the teeth of the [crocodile].

She had to get taken to the hospital.”

Butler said the set emptied to tend to Swank, and he was left by himself.

(Swank’s representatives did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.)

In January, Butlersaid he injuredhimselfwhile making the 2023 action flickPlane.

Every time I bring my hands out, they’re covered in blood and green fluid, right?

And I’m like, ‘I don’t know what this green fluid is.'”

He continued, “I’m rubbing my face and, suddenly, it’s in my throat.

It’s in my mouth.

It’s up my nose.

It’s in my eyes.

It’s burning my face, and I meanburning.

It turns out this is essentially phosphoric acid.”

Watch Butler discuss Swank’sP.S.

I Love Youinjury above.

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