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Gerard Butler Cast in White House Action Movie

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 13: Gerard Butler attends the Diesel Black Gold Spring 2012 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on September 13, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Getty Images)
Gerard Butler.

Gerard Butler will star in Olympus Has Fallen, which Variety says has been described as “Die Hard in the White House.” The actor will play an ex-Secret Service agent who gets his shot at redemption (we’re just assuming the character, like all “ex” anythings, is in need of redemption) when he finds himself in a position to foil a terrorist attack on his former boss’s place at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. 

Gerard Butler Cast in White House Action Movie