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Hollywood star Gerard Butler arrives in Athens for Olympic Flame (photo)

The actor will be one of the torchbearers

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Famous Hollywood star Gerard Butler arrived in Athens today with his partner on the occasion of the lighting of the Olympic Flame before the 2020 Tokyo Games. At the airport, he was greeted by Roy Danali Apostolopoulou.

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“300” movie star Gerard Butler to be Olympic torchbearer in Sparta

Gerald Butler, who starred as Spartan King Leonidas in the blockbuster movie “300”, an onscreen adaptation of Frank Miller’s homonymous comic book, will be among the Olympic torchbearers on March 13 from Mystras to Sparta as the torch starts its global journey to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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