Gerard Butler glad he failed as a lawyer

Butler graduated from law school in his native Glasgow and landed a job as a trainee solicitor. However, the star stopped pursuing law and took up acting after he was sacked just before completing his training contract.

Scottish actor Gerard Butler is glad that he failed as a lawyer - because he would never have become a Hollywood star.

Butler graduated from law school in his native Glasgow and landed a job as a trainee solicitor.

However, the star stopped pursuing law and took up acting after he was sacked just before completing his training contract.

"I was one week away from qualifying as a lawyer, and I was fired... That was the worst day of my life, now it's the best day of my life," Contactmusic quoted Butler as telling Us magazine.