Gerard Butler on taking a break from heroes to play a hitman in latest film

Gerard Butler (Ian West/PA)

Gerard Butler has said eschewing his usual heroic roles for a chance to play a hitman in his latest film was like “changing from prosecuting attorney to defence attorney”.

The Scottish star plays a lethal assassin in the new movie Copshop, in which he get himself arrested to hunt his target inside the confines of a small-town police station.