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Gerard Butler thinks about life more since accident

Gerard Butler’s motorcycle accident has made him think about life more and hasn’t put him off having adventures but wants it done in a "safer way".

Gerard Butler’s motorcycle accident has made him think about life more.

The ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ actor was involved in a nasty crash last October, when he was riding his bike around Los Angeles and a woman ploughed into him, sending him flying through the air.

Although he managed to escape the ordeal with just a fractured foot and a few cuts and bruises, the whole accident has changed Gerard.

Speaking about the incident on ITV’s Lorraine, he said: "I thought this is it. I was going very fast so I knew I was going far when I crashed. I was going through the air a certain way, and it seemed like a long time.

"I thought if I fall in the wrong way I’m a dead man, or I’m going to wake up paralysed. It makes you think, I need to think about other things. I want to not have the stress of waking up in the morning and thinking I have this coming up and that coming up. I want an adventure but in a safer way."

Gerard previously revealed how the accident had made him appreciate just how "precious" his life is.

He said: "It made me really appreciate how precious life is because I could have landed any number of ways that would have taken me out … I was going along the road doing my thing and this lady decided to go from parked on the other side of the road to an illegal U-Turn and went right in front of me. I smacked the car, went flying through the air and did a somersault and landed and it hurt a bit. A lot of them watched that happen and they’re like, ‘That was you?!’ So I’m sitting down and my feet are killing me and my shoes are ripped and [one guy asks], ‘So, how’s it all goin’?’ And I [tried to say], ‘Well I’m supposed to be doing an action movie in about three weeks.’"