Gerry:  (Big Yawn)…am I suppose to?  No I said hello to the operator… yeah but then…introduce yourself, give your name, then your question will be asked.  Nobody is here.  (laughs) Nobody can be bothered to ask a question.  (laughs)  Hello?

Mo from GB.Net: Hello?  Hello this is Mo from GB.Net.

Gerry: Hi.

Mo: Hi.

Gerry:  That’s a little weird…I don’t quite understand what happened there.  I was open to the operator and then it went dead.

Mo:  That’s weird…so can I ask my question then?

Gerry: Yes.

Mo:  Excellent.  So I hear that there are kind of shout outs to the fan in the film…not to get to spoilery…but what kind of things should the fans be looking for?  Like what little hints?

Gerry: Shout out to the fans? 

Mo: Yeah..somebody said that you said that there were…like…things that a fan would know…names or something that goes on in the film that fans could go “Oh yeah.”  That’s something that we do or I don’t know…like tarts or?

Gerry:  No, I think that’s one of the fans with an overactive imagination again.  (laughs)  I know that I wear my own jewelry in the film and then the stuff that fans have commented on but I don’t even recall ever mentioning that in any interviews so.

Mo: Okay. 

Gerry:  It’s amazing what some people come up with, you know, this is what he really means, but in actual fact I didn’t say anything about that.

Mo: Okay.

Gerry:  Oh… I’m sorry to disappoint you.

Mo: No…no…I’m not disappointed at all.  I’m just waiting to see if there is somebody  else with a question.

Cynthia:  Hello?   Can you hear me?

Gerry:  Yes.

Cynthia:    Hello? 

Gerry: Hello.

Cynthia: Gerry?

Gerry:  Yes.

Cynthia:  This is Cynthia with Celtic Hearts.

Gerry: Hey how are you?

Cynthia:  I’m fine how are you? 

Gerry: I’m okay

Cynthia:  I’m very excited to talk to you…oh! 

Gerry: (laughs)

Cynthia:  I just have a question.

Gerry: Okay.

Cynthia:  You’ve played numerous roles Attila…the Phantom…the King, which by the way you were spectacular in.

Gerry: Thank you.

Cynthia:  You know in PSILY…a guy named Gerry…basically a dead guy. How involved with your character’s development do you get to be?

Gerry:  How involved in my character’s development?

Cynthia: Yeah…you know the image and the working with it?

Gerry: Well there is already a set story there so we know that Gerry dies pretty much in the beginning.  And through a series of flashbacks its their life and relationship together is remembered. So there’s certain things that are kind of set and then I would describe it as putting flesh on the bones…you know…how do you make that come alive…how do you make him kind of live and breathe and show the extra charm or the extra humor…the more sentiment parts and that’s what I was trying to portray and with Richard…he allowed us to…like me to…really be quite involved in terms of certain changes to…um…either tightening up or just moving things around. With Gerry’s character…I was amazed at how much he trusted me and let me work with that so that was pretty cool.  But I’m not going to be able to change things too much…like I don’t think Gerry  should die in the first place.  Laughs.

Cynthia:  Is it weird being called Gerry in the film? 

Gerry:  Uh huh…

Cynthia:  I mean, your name is Gerry…doesn’t that seem weird when they call you that as the character too?

Gerry:  Yes, it did a little bit…’em…especially cause his name was Gerry and he died of a brain tumor…(laughs)…it’s kind of like OKAY… and I think I was smoking up to 45 a day at that point…’em…I have since quit by the way…I quit shortly after the film…and I think  it was quite spurred on by appreciating how lucky I’ve been when guys like Gerry who wasn’t a smoker…who wasn’t particularly an unhealthy guy should be taken away so early that you think wow…I should pay a little more attention on how to look after myself and so I stop shortly after a bit but it was kind of cool being called Gerry as well. Because it allowed me give a little more of my own energy and personality and felt very free and natural with that.  You know I like being Gerry.

Cynthia:  That is so cool…I can’t believe I’m talking to you.

Gerry:  You too.

WB:   Our next question comes from Kim Brown…your line is open.

Kim:  Hi Gerard

Gerry: Hey.

Kim:  This is Kim Brown…I’m the owner of GB USA.

Gerry:  How are ya?

Kim:  I wanna…I’m doing fine...thank you…I wanted to ask you if there is anything that you may have learned in your role as Gerry Kennedy that you could share with us or with any of those who might be saying goodbye to a loved one…how to find life after their loved one is gone?

Gerry:  Hold on…say that again

Kim:  Ok, is there anything that you could share with us that maybe you learned as playing Gerry Kennedy that has to do with saying goodbye to a loved one or how to find   life after the loved one is gone?

Gerry:  ‘em…you know in some ways the shoe is on the other foot when it comes to Gerry cause it’s the loved one whose been left who has to say goodbye to him...‘em and so I don’t really know…I kind of feel like I should give you something more profound and interesting then what I’m about to but it’s the end of a very long day and that’s probably the most difficult question…(laughs)…that I’ve had.

Kim:  Sorry

Gerry:  No it’s ok but I kind of feel that I’m about to go out on a limb and say something and go it’s too big a topic to throw something out willy nilly…but I always felt that was more a Hilary thing…I think…on how to…you know he’s already gone and when he leaves he’s already written his letters and there’s not much that can be changed in that respect.  It about how she reactions to that and how she says goodbye to him…I think…and ‘em..so I don’t know…I don’t know…maybe by the end of the phone conversation something will come up…laughs.

Kim:  That’s fine…I appreciate your answer thanks.

WB: Our next question comes from Ashley Calfskey, your line is open.

Ashley: Hi, Gerry!

Gerry: Hi!

Ashley: Hi, um, I have a question for you. First, I wanted to commend your work on 300 and Shattered. I thought both were, you were great in both of them.

Gerry: Thank you.

Ashley: My question is about, um, comedy versus drama and the character that you play seems, in PSILY seems more free spirited. He's funny, he's real carefree. As an actor, which do you prefer or find more interesting to interpret, somebody in drama or comedy?

Gerry: Oh, um, I think that, I think they kind of both have their advantages. I mean when you watch a movie like 300 and you see all that come together and there is something so mythical and profound about the struggle that you dealt with, the power that you've commanded, and you remember playing that, or as you play it, the power that surrounds you, and that is such a cool thing to experience and there were times when I was doing that, thinking, what a one in a million, what an opportunity to be standing up there and playing this person who once lived and who achieved something so ominous and incredible and death-defying and to see that all come together, that's pretty special but there are times as well you miss the more gentle, real, human side of life which I had a chance to delve into in PSILY. To play with the comedy and to read lines where I literally read them and go, aw God, how lucky am I to be saying this? How lucky am I to be doing this with Hilary Swank, so, there are times where you can appreciate both and then there are often times when you are doing one and you wish you were doing the other. You kind of miss the grand scale of a 300 or when you are doing 300, you miss the intimacy of a PSILY. So, It's hard to say. I find that whenever I am finished one, I really want to go and do the other.

Ashley: Thank you.

WB: Our next question comes from Linda Gonzales, your line is open.

Linda: Hello, Gerry.

Gerry: Hey, Linda.

Linda: Hi, I want to thank you and Warner Brothers so much, first of all, for holding this press conference with us. We really appreciate it and my question is: You have been quoted as saying that this was a chance for you to really come alive in a role and give a lot of yourself and how you needed something you could give some Gerry Juice to. (laughs) What did you give to this role and what exactly is Gerry Juice?

Gerry: (laughs) Um, do me a favor and could you give me the start of that quote again because I've been hearing this a lot in the last two days. I'm not denying it, I know Gerry Juice is a word I've used a lot as a joke but I just don't remember, I don't remember when I said it.

Linda: Oh, I saw it on the Extra TV show the other day.

Gerry: It was Extra, that's right, but what was the start of the quote?

Linda: This was a chance for you to really come alive in a role and give a lot of yourself and you needed something you could give some Gerry Juice to.

Gerry: Okay, um, well here's the thing. You guys know me, you know what I'm like, you know that I can be vivacious and silly and loud and like a big puppy dog, basically. And you hadn't really seen that or I hadn't really seen me having a chance to do that for a long time in film. When I go out with friends, or I'm ever out with my agent or my manager and I get down to my joke telling sessions or just, you know, how they've come to know me. They're always, like sitting there going, why don't you do a comedy? or we can't believe, you need to show this side of yourself and one day somebody said the word Gerry Juice. It's got to be, you know, you need to give some of that Gerry Juice and it became a thing that we would always say. So we'd talk about a role and we'd go, I can give that some Gerry Juice or you know, this is a Gerry Juice role but I just (laughs), I should be careful about throwing that word around in public, and um, I guess I did. So (laughs), um, when PSILY came along, it was, here was a guy that just had such a great outlook on life, who was sharp, funny, witty but a big heart and you just had a chance to put a whole massive infusion of personality into. That's what I figured I could bring to it, you know, the better more fun part of myself. Yes, the Gerry Juice.

Linda: Okay, thank you so much.

Gerry: Thank you

WB: And our last and final question comes from Dayna Linton, your line is open.

Dayna: Hi, Gerry.

Gerry: Hey, Dayna.

Dayna: How are you?

Gerry: I'm good, how are you doing?

Dayna: Perhaps you're feeling better, we hear you've had a chest infection?

Gerry: Um, yeah, yeah, I, ah, the chest infection was, you know what, I've been sick a couple of times since I last spoke to you guys (laughs). I got sick on the Guy Richie film and I missed four days of work, five days of work maybe, and that's the first time I've ever missed filming in eleven years. I've never missed a day through illness. But then I got another chest infection when I went to, um, New Mexico, and I think, basically, too many climates, too many environments, too much working. I was a little run down.

Dayna: I hope you're feeling a lot better.

Gerry: Yes, much better, much better.

Dayna: Good, because that's one of the questions we had a lot, many people have asked that question. Okay, I'm going to switch gears a little bit, if you don't mind, and basically, the last phone call I asked you a question, in February. And it was if you could write any role for yourself to play what would it be, and you answered simply Burns. So, what is it about the Scottish poet and songwriter, Robert Burns, that makes him so compelling for you, and do you see yourself starring as Robert Burns anytime soon?

Gerry: Um, right, well, first part of the question. I think that whenever anybody comes from any particular country I'm sure they have a lot of national pride and a kind of connection and a pride with previous characters that have excelled from that country and we're not exactly known for our literary heroes, so Burns really stands out, and doesn't just seem to stand out, but stands pretty much heads and shoulders, many heads and shoulders above everybody else.

On top of that, I love when somebody can achieve so much, but not be boring with it, and still manage to eat up the rest of life and be an outrageous character, and be a brave character and be (laughs), and even embrace the dark side which he did. So, I mean he just seemed to be so many things, a lover, a fighter, and yet have such a soft sensitive heart and tried so hard and f…up so hard. Ya know, he had a rich and interesting and painful life but he gave so much, I feel, and he was so incredibly talented and I guess that was always gonna shine through so that makes me very proud that he was a Scot and that he was who he was. So, the chance to base something about him and to kind of bring that more to the public knowledge and tell a story that is such a great story and play such a fascinating character really appeals to me and as usual it would be a role that I could take loads of criticism for. People go, He's no Burns! Burns is shorter than him. He's not talented enough to be Burns. Michael Crawford should have been Burns, you know something like that. I always like to set myself up (laughs), Tom Cruise should have been Burns, you know something like that.

Dayna: Don't even go there.

Gerry: (laughs) He is the same height as Tom Cruise, he was only 3' 7", sorry. But anyway, and the plan is hopefully to do it at some point next year. There's a lot going on at the moment. The director's been busy, I've obviously been busy and, believe it or not, even at this stage, Burns is still a hard movie to finance. It just is by the nature of it. He's not quite as, even though the script is phenomenal, but he and his writing are still, no matter how delicious they are when you get a chance to know them, they are still not quite as accessible as many Scots would like to believe he was, but it is a great story and it will be told and hopefully it will happen next year.

Dayna: Well, do you think there is any possibility of having it being released in time for the 250th Birthday celebration?

Gerry: Yeah, yeah. I'm not sure that's gonna happen and there's been a lot of discussion about that. That would be an awesome thing if it could be released in time for that but to be honest if Burns is going to make it as a movie, I think its too provincial an idea to think that it's going to happen just because it's released on his 250th Anniversary. I view it as often not having enough confidence in the movie itself. Despite wanting to tell his story, and despite, again, Scots thinking that Burns is maybe the most famous person who ever lived, he's not, and this movie has to be able to survive as a story in itself. Whether it was happening at that time, to me, is a little too gimmicky. I think that it should be a great film and a great story in itself, and irrelevant if its released then. It would be nice if it could be but it definitely shouldn't be made for those reasons or made too early or made, you know, before the money's there.

WB: And this does conclude today's conference call, I want to thank you all for participating.

Gerry: Thank you everybody, take care, I can't hear anybody so I'll just say goodbye (laughs) Bye-Bye.