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Therefore, he's denied sexually, intimately. I thinkit's all the more heartbreaking for the Phantom because he's a man in theprime of his life.

I thought 'There must besomething going on here, he must have some reason for coming to me, and thenwhen I read it I understood and then I talked with him and he explainedwanting to bring the whole age down, I could see the genius of that.

I also know, that was mysurprise, Joel Schumacher who I knew, we were friends, if there was onething about Joel it's he's a genius for casting. So I was surprised until I read thescript and what I connected with, I could see. So when they came to me I thought, 'Why, I'm too young.' And Ididn't come from a musical background. When they approached me, I had sung for funin a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. I can sing, I've been singing for a long while, but I neverhad a singing lesson in my life. GB: I was very surprised when they first came to me with this, because I'mnot a singer. Wereyou surprised when they first came to you with this? P.F: But with The Phantom, you also had the danger of stepping intoMichael Crawford's shoes in the role he is so closely identified with. I'm not good at working,working it and than technically try and make something I instinctively feel. The same with 'Dear Frankie'when I read that script, I thought can I be so wrong? If this is so movingand profound to me than surely if I could in a simple way, and never morethan in 'Dear Frankie,' you know I know this guy. It's a much more exciting prospect, because if somethingmoves me I'm no different than anyone else. When I connect with something, I alreadyimagine myself playing that role and I knew the direction and the feeling Icould give it. I read thescript fortunately before I ever saw the stage play, therefore it wascompletely fresh to me when I saw Joel's interpretation, which is obviouslyso much more emotionally complex. It's very entertaining and at the end quite moving. GB: That's a disconnect I had with the stage play as well even though Iloved it. How important was that element that we got to know what drovethe Phantom?

P.F: The movie goes far more into the background of the character thanstage play. Not just to be bad to be badand to be entertaining, but be bad and try to.If you try to sympathize andrealize why he's bad and does the things he does an audience can connectwith that and sympathize with that character.

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I just know that when I read ascript that I fascinating and I love taking a claim into the darkness of thesoul, but I just don't know how to explain it. GB: I probably should have thought about this because it's quite a commonquestion. P.F: What's the fun of playing these iconic characters? You've doneDracula, Beowulf and now this? It just goes to show you that it can be one character youtake, one movie that somebody sees something that inspires them. Gerard Butler: There were six films in the cinema and he'd seen all of them,so he said, 'Oh, shit, we might as well go see 'Dracula.' He tells me thestory anyway. Paul Fischer: You must be very thankful for 'Dracula 2000' if you believethe press notes, apparently was that movie that Joel Schumacher saw. Also to be seen in Dear Frankie and Beowulf, GerardButler is a star on the rise, but a modest one, who talked to PAUL FISCHERin New York. Dashing,witty and masculine, Butler seems the perfect phantom in the screen versionof Phantom of the Opera. Gerard Butler has much to be thankful for, Dracula 2000 for one. BUTLER'S EYES ARE SMILING.Interview by Paul Fischer in New York.

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