Actor Gerard Butler bets he would not survive real Greenland 2

LOS ANGELES — In the soon-to-be-released movie Greenland 2: Migration, Scottish actor Gerard Butler portrays John Garrity, who leads a group through a post-apocalyptic world to try to find safety.

In reality, Mr. Butler said, he does not have confidence in his abilities to survive such a world.

“I would be one of the first ones going down,” he said with a smile.

The movie, which arrives in theaters on Friday (it opens in the Philippines on Jan. 14 with an MTRCB rating of PG. – Ed.) is a sequel to 2020 thriller Greenland, in which Mr. Butler’s Atlanta, Georgia-based character tries to head with his family to the safety of a bunker in Greenland when he hears a comet is about to hit Earth.

It connected with audiences, paving the way for its 2026 sequel, said Mr. Butler.

“It felt like it resonated a lot, especially, you know, coming out during the pandemic,” he said in an interview. “And sometimes you go, okay, that’s enough. Leave it alone. And then other times you think, well, where could we take this?”

Greenland 2: Migration, continues the survival story.

The film follows John, his wife Allison, portrayed by Morena Baccarin, and their son Nathan, played by Roman Griffin Davis, as they flee Greenland in hopes of finding safety in France.

Could the story go even further? Possibly, said Mr. Butler.

“Now we’ve seen where they’ve gone from there, but what would happen after that? How does the world actually start to rebuild?” he said. — Reuters