Gerard Butler loved submarine thriller

Actor Gerard Butler says the upcoming submarine thriller Hunter Killer tells a classic story, but it is very relevant.

“When I first read this script a few years ago, I loved it immediately. It’s a classic story with a heck of a lot of great action, a heck of an intricate plot and a whole cast of fantastic characters who are heroes from different walks of life,” Butler said in a statement.

“It felt like an exciting way to revive the submarine thriller for these times. And right now, this story couldn’t feel more relevant,” added the star of P.S. I Love You (2007).

The film is adapted from Don Keith and George Wallace’s 2012 novel Firing Point. Butler plays a submarine captain who heads a mission involving US Navy Seals, sent into Russian territorial waters to rescue the Russian president from a coup and avoid the possibility of World War III.

When I first read this script a few years ago, I loved it immediately. It felt like an exciting way to revive the submarine thriller for these times. And right now, this story couldn’t feel more relevant. GERARD BUTLER ACTOR

PHOTO: FREDERIC J BROWN/AFP Actor Gerard Butler