Gerard Butler visits Edinburgh Italian restaurant as Hollywood star enjoys Fringe

Hollywood star Gerard Butler posed with staff as he visited an Italian restaurant in Edinburgh.

Paolozzi shared a picture of the 300 actor, who is understood to be in the Capital for the Fringe Festival.

The Forrest Road venue wrote on social media: “Ooft... the festival has been pretty crazy so far... Oh HI GERARD BUTLER, thanks for stopping by.”

Butler, 54, is a regular visitor to the Capital - and it is not the first time he has sampled the city’s Italian food scene.

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Last year, the Scot was snapped at Merchant Street’s Divino Enoteca at the height of festival season.

Among his most famous flicks are The Bounty Hunter and and P.S. I love You, while he is currently working on a reprisal of his role in How to Train Your Dragon.

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