Gerard Butler recalls the difficulties of filming 300 and how many of his co-stars were being taken to the hospital due to injuries. Butler starred as the King of Sparta in the 2006 Zack Snyder film 300,

Gerard Butler says there were an “insane” number of injuries when filming his fan-favorite action hit 300 . The Zack Snyder film from 2006 — which marked Butler’s breakout role, playing the fearsome Spartan King Leonidas — was apparently quite war zone on set.

"I remember every day somebody was getting taken to the hospital," Butler said in a recent interview with People. "You’d be doing a fight, you turn around, there’s a guy down there, a spear went in his eye. Another time, you turn around, there’s a guy over there who just fell, broke his ankle. I mean, it was insane."

A lot of scenes in 300 look like they'd hurt like hell even in a film stunt environment, and as it turns out, they probably did.