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A life less Spartan

Actor Gerard Butler feared he wasn’t good enough for a Hollywood career, but hard work has changed that.

In 1998, a young Scottish actor, finding himself in America, talked his way into a film audition. Despite his acting experience back home, the American accent proved too much for him, and he walked away, disconsolate.

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