Politico | Actor Gerard Butler gives press briefing at Pentagon about new submarine action movie Hunter Killer
Meanwhile, Pentagon reporters have complained they were not receiving information they need to keep the public informed about US military activities
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Rebecca Morin on politico.com on October 15, 2018.
The US Defence Department, which reporters have criticised over its infrequent news conferences, featured the actor Gerard Butler in the Pentagon Briefing Room to promote his new movie about a Navy submarine.
The Scottish actor is publicising his latest film Hunter Killer, which will premiere the weekend of October 26. The movie involves a group of Navy SEALs who are tasked with saving a kidnapped Russian president in an effort to stop a third world war.
Butler said he spent three days in a US Navy submarine in Pearl Harbour, where he said it was like “entering another country, another world – it’s like an alien planet.”