We plead guilty! Yes, we���ve been up to our antics of snooping and probing, but when the person being stalked is Scottish hunk Gerard Butler, we really can���t help it, right?
When we headed for Shiv Vilas Palace in Jaipur to meet Butler, who���s there bonding with ���good friend���, actress Priyanka Chopra, we caught the Hollywood actor walking in right after his visit to Amber fort.
���Hi! I am Gerry,��� he said. Looking cool in a casual dull blue tee, pants and a white hat to keep the sun at bay, Butler didn���t seem to mind the female adulation coming his way. As the ladies of the cast and the crew of What���s Your Rashee? kept approaching him for pictures and autographs, he was more than sporting. ���I kind of have that effect on people... and see how modest I am about it,��� he laughs.
This may be his second visit to India, but he doesn���t seem to be able to get enough of the country. ���Every time I come to India, I feel that I haven���t spent enough time here. I love this country. It attracts you towards itself and you can never say no. Last year, I had come to India, and thankfully, no one got to know about it. I���d like to keep it that way this time too. I am planning to stay here till Priyanka���s done with her shoot. Then I have a few places in mind, like Rishikesh, Manali and some parts of Rajasthan, that I���d like to visit,��� he says.
Accompanying the actor on his India trip is Richard LaGravenese, the writer-director of the romantic flick PS, I Love You. Talking about his Indian experience, Richard says, ���I am enjoying this whole Indian movie shooting. It is an honour, and the director seems like a nice man.���
Butler then adds, ���I had auditioned for Lagaan, but I didn���t get the role. I guess they wanted to say that I was too good looking for the role. That I guess can be the only reason,��� he jokes.
The guy sure has a great sense of humour. We also ask him whether there is any truth in the rumours about the link-up between him and Jennifer Aniston? ���No! I am not even close to having an affair with her. I don���t mind getting married to an Indian girl, though. Too bad Priyanka already has a boyfriend,��� he says. But then we all know that Piggy Chops is only his ���good friend���! No wonder she���d advised him to take a bodyguard when they went around for a visit to Amber Fort. ���Priyanka asked me to take a bodyguard with me and I found that very funny,��� he says.