Gerard Butler’s big exposure

GERARD BUTLER has revealed how an advert for Polaroid cameras gave him a shot at being a film star.

He had quit his job as a trainee lawyer only a week before qualifying to follow his dream.

But after his first London stage role folded, he was left unemployed and in debt.

Then he auditioned for a television advertisement.

He said: “I went for a commercial for Polaroid. I landed it and I think it paid something like £10,000 which was more money than I could imagine.

“That figure was pretty much what I earned in my first year training as a lawyer. Just one commercial effectively paid me a whole year’s wages.

“Suddenly, life looked different.”