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Created by Carla Paciucci on July 27, 2005, 9:54 pm

For those who have already read books by Diana Gabaldon are very familiar with her 18th-Century Scottish Highlander hero, "Jamie Fraser", and his 20th-Century wife, Claire, whom we meet in her first book “Outlandler”, and where Claire, wife of Frank Randall, is suddenly thrust from 1945 England to 1743 war-torn Scotland … and meets … the very dashing Highlander “Jamie Fraser”.

Diana Gabaldon has already penned 5 books under the series of “Outlander”, and her sixth book is due out in September 2005, where her hero and heroine live, and fight through, various adventures, and at which every turn, Claire must decide whether to return to her 20th-Century English husband or remain with her 18th-Century Scottish family, thus torn between fidelity and desire, and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable worlds.

Due to the huge worldwide popularity of Gabaldon’s time-travelling “Outlander” book series, Hollywood has been courting Gabaldon for many years now in an effort to bring her “Outlander” book series onto the big screens. However, Gabaldon has been holding out reportedly due to her wanting to “handpick” her hero, “Jamie Fraser”. Gabaldon has apparently already voiced her two (2) choices as actors: Scottish-born GERARD BUTLER (“The Phantom of the Opera”, “Attila”, “Timeline” and “Tomb Raider II”) and Welsh-born IOAN GRUFFUDD (“Fantastic Four”, “King Arthur”, “102 Dalmatians” and the British series “Hornblower”).

Although both BUTLER and GRUFFUDD are indeed *EXCELLENT* candidates as the onscreen swashbuckling “Jamie Fraser”, we, the undersigned, firmly believe that it is none other than *GERARD BUTLER* who should be awarded this role of a lifetime, and who could seemingly and effortlessly catapult Gabaldon’s onscreen “Outlander” series into a major popular and profitable Hollywood franchise.

Besides his *superlative* acting skills, GERARD BUTLER has all the essential characteristics sure to make “Jamie Fraser” his alter ego, and the next Hollywood hero who will make women salivate in anticipation of the next “Outlander” movie installment: charisma, build, commanding presence, excellent horsemanship, ability to display a manly physical strength and an inner softer side, at times within inches of each other, without ever appearing sappy or superficial, looks *smashing* in a kilt (see pic), and, of course, sex appeal as well as an authentic Scottish accent!

By apposing our collective signatures hereunder, we, the undersigned, ask that this Petition serve to demonstrate to both Diana Gabaldon and to the "Powers That Be" of Hollywood envisaging to purchase the rights to Gabaldon’s “Outlander” series the huge following and bankability enjoyed by GERARD BUTLER in a bid to award him with the coveted role of “Jamie Fraser”.

GERARD BUTLER *IS* … “JAMIE FRASER”!!!


CARLA LYNDA PACIUCCI
Author of this Petition
Lovingly sealed with Good Wishes to … GERARD BUTLER!
      


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1,565 17 hours ago    Dawn DePasquale: I support this petition.
1,564 A week ago    Alanna McGonegal: I heartily support this petition! Gerard would play the part perfectly.
1,563 A week ago    tina maxwell: I support this petition.no-one else can be jamie but gerard!!!!!!!!!!!!1
1,562 A week ago    Lisa Sammet: I support this petition.
1,561 A week ago    laura cobb: I support this petition.
1,560 A week ago    carol bierach: I support this petition.
1,559 A week ago    Teresa Morse: I support this petition.
1,558 A week ago    Peggy Rongitsch: I support this petition.
1,557 2 weeks ago    Erin Ballantyne: I support this petition.
1,556 3 weeks ago    lisa Russo: I support this petition. Pleaseee! * *
1,555 3 weeks ago    mary jane riddock: I support this petition.He is Jamie for sure,God he is great.clair needs to be as great to make this #1.
1,554 4 weeks ago    Silvia Reed : I support this petition.
1,553 30 Jul 2008 - 20:12    Susan : I support this petition.
1,552 28 Jul 2008 - 20:18    Kathryn Claahsen : I support this petition. Gerard Butler rules.
1,551 21 Jul 2008 - 19:16    Chantelle : I support this petition.
1,550 21 Jul 2008 - 4:38    Amanda Taylor : I support this petition.
1,549 17 Jul 2008 - 17:38    Shirley Ward : I support this petition. I can see Gerard Butler as Jamie, but he must have red hair and blue eyes, how else can he be Red Jamie. He is the perfect choice in my eyes!!!!!
1,548 13 Jul 2008 - 16:27    Kim Oliver : I support this petition.
1,547 12 Jul 2008 - 19:37    Mary Salazar : I support this petition.
1,546 11 Jul 2008 - 21:35    Karen Bosi : I support this petition, and cannot wait for the Outlander Movie...it will be awesome on screen!
1,545 11 Jul 2008 - 18:20    Jane Harding : I support this petition.
1,544 11 Jul 2008 - 17:08    Michelle : I support this petition.
1,543 9 Jul 2008 - 13:20    Priscilla : Gerard Butler is my number one choice!
1,542 9 Jul 2008 - 3:00    sarah : I support this petition 100%. It would be a sin not to make these books into movies or even a T.V series!!
1,541 6 Jul 2008 - 0:27    sabine : for sure...with every heartbeat we will fight for this movies. in my head i see gerard butler for the young jamie and maybe the older one could be played by mel gibson. i really believe that there will come a day where we will see our hero on screen.
1,540 2 Jul 2008 - 20:27    Becky Vick : I support this petition. Better hurry...Gerald is 39 years old; can he play Jamie in his 20's?
1,539 2 Jul 2008 - 15:13    Jeannine Anglum : I support this petition.
1,538 2 Jul 2008 - 11:11    Dunja : Yes...I want Outlander
1,537 2 Jul 2008 - 4:45    Elizabeth Lochinski : I support this petition.
1,536 30 Jun 2008 - 21:56    Christina V : YES, Please!!!!!!!!
1,535 30 Jun 2008 - 20:50    Sandi : When I pictured Jamie in Outlander, the first image that immediately popped into my head was that of Gerard Butler...he has that rugged appeal that makes Jamie so insanely sexy!!
1,534 29 Jun 2008 - 11:30    HARI OM : I support this petition.
1,533 29 Jun 2008 - 11:13    Birte Schmidt : Gerry for Jamie!! yesss!!
1,532 27 Jun 2008 - 1:09    Marianne Wullings : I support this petition.
1,531 26 Jun 2008 - 7:17    Christy Rogers : I support this petition. He IS Jamie
1,530 25 Jun 2008 - 13:41    Jesse Burnette : I support this petition.
1,529 25 Jun 2008 - 13:40    Lorrayne Burton : I support this petition.
1,528 25 Jun 2008 - 13:40    Melinda Walker : I support this petition.
1,527 25 Jun 2008 - 7:51    Ash : I support this petition.
1,526 25 Jun 2008 - 0:45    Patty Heinbaugh :
1,525 23 Jun 2008 - 21:10    Pam Pickett : Gerard Butler is Jamie Fraser!!
1,524 23 Jun 2008 - 18:48    Lisa Klaus : He is hot, he is scottish, he is an actual hero (saved the life of a little drowning girl), he has got a great sense of humor and he is a real MAN. He wouln`t even have to PLAY Jamie, he just could be himself and it would be perfect. Yeah, Gerry for Jamie!!!
1,523 23 Jun 2008 - 16:56    eugenie glazebrook :
1,522 23 Jun 2008 - 15:08    Shelley Cutting-Sharp : I just want the movies to be made!
1,521 22 Jun 2008 - 23:55    Kayla Hilliker : please, please, PLEASE create a movie!!! The books are fantastic and I would LOVE to see a visual representation of these characters I have fallen in love with.
1,520 14 Jun 2008 - 12:10    rosaria :
1,519 3 Jun 2008 - 22:36    Aimee Colcomb : Gerry is perfect for Jamie. When I read I picture Gerry as Jamie! He has the charisma and is is able to be stubborn/stern enough to play MY Jamie Fraser!!!
1,518 3 Jun 2008 - 19:44    Chenoa Block : He truly is the best of the two choices. -A long-time Outlander fan.
1,517 2 Jun 2008 - 15:36    doreen blanton : Yup, he would be perfect. I read all the books and being part scottish myself, I would think he is the right personality to pull off such a charasmatic much-loved charactor.
1,516 2 Jun 2008 - 6:03    Anna Cootper : I think Gerard Butler is the obvious choice and would make me more likely to go see the movie and buy the DVD.
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