Gerard Butler catches some rays on a balcony of a beach house on Saturday (September 3) in Malibu, Calif.

The 41-year-old Scottish actor showed off his shirtless torso as he took in the beach views.

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Gerard recently spoke with the Los Angeles Times about his emotional connection to his upcoming film Machine Gun Preacher.

“This happened to me a lot when we were filming. I would just be overcome,” Gerard said through tears at the start of the interview.

“Did I go around stabbing people and shooting people? No. Did I end up in Africa building an orphanage? No. But I did have a massive transformation in my life where I sorted everything out,” Gerard explained of his connection to his character and to the film.