I’ve got several pieces of Gerard Butler news (Hurray!). First up: a great denial. Over the weekend, Gerard Butler and Lindsay Lohan were at the same hotel opening in Morocco, and they might have hooked up. This was according to the British papers, who reported Lindsay Lohan saying something along the lines of “He’s hot, he’s mine! I’ve got no ring on my finger so I’m going to have lots of fun. This is the most romantic place in the world.” The next day, Lohan denied that crap on Twitter and to Gossip Cop. Meanwhile, Gerard was strangely quiet. For about a minute. And then his rep told Gossip Cop: “It is completely untrue and we are taking action against these claims.” Ha! Gerard will bang anything that moves, but he draws the line at a Lohan. He’ll sue over that sh-t.

Next up: Gerard has been confirmed for a role in Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus. Gerry will play Tullus Aufidius! If you’d like a refresher on Coriolanus, Wikipedia seems to have a decent synopsis. Sigh… Ralph and Gerard in the same movie? How will I choose between them? So, so hot.

Get ready Gerard Butler fans: The Scottish hunk is going back to the ancient world in Ralph Fiennes‘s movie version of Shakespeare’s most violent play, “Coriolanus.”

However, 300 buffs, eager to catch a glimpse of Gerard’s six-pack, might not see as much of the Ugly Truth actor as they’d like, since this is a contemporary adaptation of the violent political drama.

Gerard, 39, will play Tullus Aufidius, commander of the Volscian army from Shakespeare’s play, while Ralph, 46, will take the title role.

The hot Scot joins a cast that includes William Hurt and Vanessa Redgrave in Ralph’s directorial debut.

[From OK! Magazine]

My final piece of Butler news comes from Radar. They did an interview with the guy who allegedly (or not so allegedly, I think the guy is the real deal) trained Gerard for 300. And yes, I’m only bringing this up because I want to think about, write about and swoon over Gerard’s abs. According to this trainer, Gerry worked really hard on his physique for 300 – but he didn’t want to look like a bodybuilder:

If you’ve seen the movie 300, you know that Gerard Butler sports some of Hollywood’s most enviable abs through most of the film!

RadarOnline.com spoke to the trainer who gave the actor his infamous washboard stomach and he revealed tips on how you can get your body in shape just in time for the holidays!

“When Gerard came to me, the producers wanted him to look like a real Spartan warrior, not a bodybuilder,” celebrity trainer and nutrition expert Brian Abercrombie told RadarOnline.com. “I put him on a system I’ve developed called PASE. It’s based on power, agility, strength and endurance.

You’re working with multi-joint, big movements. The result make a person look more like an athlete and less like a bodybuilder.”

Abercrombie, who also trained Brad Pitt for the film Legends of the Fall and Kalifornia, has recently turned his expertise into several articles, the first of which is titled, “You’re fat and This is Why.” He says that when it comes to motivation, it’s the celebrities who have a hard time getting out of bed and into the gym.

“Celebrities are generally harder, with the spectacular exception of Gerard,” Abercrombie said. “He knew he had to get his body in shape. It was imperative for the role. But I generally find that celebrities want immediate results. They have 30 minutes to look this way…and they want to look this way now. They tend to not want to work as hard and still expect the same results.”

So when it comes to getting your own body in shape, Abercrombie says there are a few tricks you can do even if you don’t have a trainer.

“The first thing is just to start,” he said. “Don’t try to do too much at first. I find that my clients tend to come back if they start out slow, and just learn the correct form, learn the routines. The intensity level will gradually build. If you can learn to think like an athlete, you’re one step ahead of the game and you’ll become an athlete.”

[From Radar]

This is funny to me, because when Gerard talks about what he does to get in shape, he always whines about his diet. This is a man who loves his chocolate, his deep-friend everything, his carbs and his sugars. I don’t think Gerard minds working out – but it’s probably really hard for him to stick with any kind of diet. Poor Gerry! I want to feed him. I want to feed him everything.

Gerard Butler is shown in stills from Law Abiding Citizen, via WENN.com