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"Gerard Butler is one tough cookie!\r\nThe 42-year-old actor was seriously injured in a surfing accident in December, but the Mavericks star told The Graham Norton Show he wanted to get back on the board right away.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I was going to go back that day,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I was actually in the ambulance and waned to go back, which was a little crazy, but it&amp;apos;s pretty addictive.&amp;quot;\r\nButler told Norton the accident &amp;quot;was maybe of of the few times that reports were not exaggerated. It was a pretty close call.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe 300 star was swept under several gigantic waves that &amp;quot;just took me in, and I couldn&amp;apos;t get up. It was pretty hairy.&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: More shirtless hunks\r\nOn the positive side, Butler&amp;apos;s accident helped him relate to the surfing enthusiast he plays in Mavericks. &amp;quot;In the movie, I put in a scene about a &amp;apos;two wave hold down&amp;apos; when you are down for so long that the next wave comes over before you get back up and that&amp;#x2019;s what happened to me,&amp;quot; he explained.  &amp;quot;I actually thought they will get me later and resuscitate me.  They finally grabbed me just as another huge wave was coming in &amp;#x2013;- it was just like a movie!  In fact, everything I talked about happening in the movie happened to me.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;#xA0;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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