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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Heavy Water Presented By Chasing Mavericks: Gerard Butler Interview&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt;Catching Up With The Star Of Chasing Mavericks\\u2014An Upcoming Film Based On The True Story Of Jay Moriarty&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Gerard Butler, the Scottish-born actor most famous for his leading role in the movie &lt;em&gt;300&lt;\\/em&gt;, recently took on the task of playing Frosty Hesson (the legendary big-wave surfer from Northern California), in Hollywood\\u2019s forthcoming film titled &lt;em&gt;Chasing Mavericks&lt;\\/em&gt;. In the process, he garnered a newfound respect for the surfing lifestyle. Oh, and he almost died.&lt;strong&gt;\\u2014Zander Morton&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TransWorld SURF: How long have you been surfing?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Gerard Butler: I surfed when I was 17-years old for about 15 minutes with my cousins who lived in San Clemente. I was just this kid from Scotland, and I felt so humiliated that I didn\\u2019t go back in the water for another 18 years. But when this movie came along, I thought it\\u2019d be a perfect opportunity to get into surfing and tell an incredible tale about the surfing world, a surfer\\u2019s psyche, and at the same time train with some of the best f\\u2014king surfers in the world.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What kind of training did you do to prepare for this role?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;To get my stamina up, I did long-distances paddleboarding and then basically just surfing\\u2014learning how to be on a board, do turns, get up on a wave&amp;#8230; really just learning how to look like I knew what I was doing. It was a lot in a short time, and I did say to myself, \\u201cWhat the f\\u2014k have I got myself into?\\u201d But I operate best like that. If I know my back is up against the wall, then that\\u2019s what kicks me into action. Fear is a huge motivator for me. I went up to Santa Cruz and surfed with Frosty, the character I\\u2019m playing. I was just getting in the water and learning to deal with different types of conditions and different types of waves. One of the big things I wanted to do was to learn to tow-in. I was secretly hoping I could tow at Mavericks, which is what I ended up doing. We had a couple days where I got towed into a few waves and I was thinking, \\u201cHoly shit, I\\u2019m surfing Mavericks, I can\\u2019t believe it!\\u201d It was maybe the coolest thing I\\u2019ve ever done.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That\\u2019s quite a quick ascent, from a beginner straight to towing Mavericks.&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Oh yeah, and I learned surfing is a thing that consumes people\\u2019s lives. When I got into it, I understood why. These guys are the furthest thing away from \\u201cdudes\\u201d or \\u201cf\\u2014kheads,\\u201d they are so smart and down-to-earth. Maybe my favorite thing about the movie was the surfers I met and spent time with. Surfing is not a well-paid sport, and surfers give up a lot. I\\u2019m really glad that I had a chance to get involved. When I saw those surf scenes I thought, \\u201cMaybe people that aren\\u2019t close to the surfing world will understand and not think that I\\u2019m a little softy getting taken down by these waves and getting taken to the hospital.\\u201d When they see the waves in this movie, they\\u2019ll go, \\u201cNow I can understand why something like that would happen.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.youtube.com\\/embed\\/a-q0rE2Bejc?enablejsapi=1\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAbove: &lt;em&gt;Chasing Mavericks&lt;\\/em&gt; trailer.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nFor more information go to &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.livelikejay.com\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;livelikejay.com&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt;Chasing Mavericks&lt;\\/em&gt; October 26 in theaters everywhere.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n#livelikejay&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000152655\\\" title=\\\"Chasing Mavericks Gerard Butler Interview\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2012\\/10\\/Chasing-Mavericks-Part-1.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Chasing Mavericks Gerard Butler Interview\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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