Gerard Butler: Admits he nearly killed himself with alcohol. Pic: Rex Features
Gerard Butler has admitted that he came close to killing himself with alcohol.
The Scottish star revealed that he used to drink until he "couldn't remember anything".
The 42-year-old said his drinking destroyed his ambition to be a lawyer in his twenties, and it was sheer "madness".
He is quoted by the Daily Star as saying: "I had gone from a 16-year-old who couldn't wait to grasp life to a 22-year-old who didn't care if he died in his sleep."
"I used to drink until I couldn't remember anything. I was just mad for it and on a death wish. It was madness."
Butler had no acting experience but decided to quit drinking and moved to London, where he reunited with an old girlfriend who was a casting director.
He landed his first role in play at the age of 27, and his career has taken off from there.
Talking about his drinking, he admitted: "One or two drinks was never enough for me. I was a foot-on-the-floor-all-the-way drinker, so it had to go. I don't miss it."
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