Gerard Butler recalls the difficulties of filming 300 and how many of his co-stars were being taken to the hospital due to injuries. Butler starred as the King of Sparta in the 2006 Zack Snyder film 300,

While the movie 300 depicted brutal conflicts on screen, Gerard Butler recalled how the cast experienced their own intense battles every day on set. What happened to Gerard Butler while filming 300? While speaking to People,

From spears in the eye to catastrophic car crashes, the 300 set was more dangerous than the Spartan battlefield itself.

Gerard Butler has impressed us in many movies, from P.S. I Love You and Olympus Has Fallen to Den of Thieves (2018). However, the one movie he still remembers is the Zack Snyder outing, 300. The actor played the grand role of a king in this epic film.

Zack Snyder’s “300” grossed more than $450 million by the end of its theatrical run, but according to star Gerard Butler, that box office success wasn’t without a few casualties. While speaking with People,

"I remember every day somebody was getting taken to the hospital," Butler said in a recent interview with People. "You’d be doing a fight, you turn around, there’s a guy down there, a spear went in his eye. Another time, you turn around, there’s a guy over there who just fell, broke his ankle. I mean, it was insane."

A lot of scenes in 300 look like they'd hurt like hell even in a film stunt environment, and as it turns out, they probably did.

Tonight we dine in the hospital! Gerard Butler says there were an "insane" number of injuries when filming his fan-favorite action hit 300. The Zack Snyder film from 2006 - which marked Butler's breakout role,

The gnarly injuries weren't just onscreen during the filming of Zack Snyder's 300. Speaking with People, the film's star Gerard Butler noted an "insane" amount of actors suffered injuries while shooting the epic action flick.