The hopeless but ultimately inspiring defense of their country by a band of 300 Spartan soldiers against an immense army of Persian invaders in 480 B.C. – known to history as the Battle of ...

The plot of the film ‘300 Spartans’ are standing in the background, smoking cigarettes and nervously observing the strife. Not a single fighter of the unit was injured,’ the report said. The fighters ...

By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large The Zack Snyder film from ... fearsome Spartan King Leonidas — was apparently quite war zone on set. Butler himself apparently walked away from 300 unscathed ...

In the end, King Leonidas and all of his Spartans were killed by the Persians. 300 is a movie brimming with action and is highly stylized, though possessing many historical inaccuracies.

Butler starred as the King of Sparta in the 2006 Zack Snyder film 300, in which the actor co-starred with Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, and many more. More from Deadline 'Den Of Thieves ...

Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans.

300 is a successful underdog story based on the Battle of Thermopylae with impressive box office and DVD sales. Unfortunately, Netflix will remove 300 by December 31, so fans have a limited time ...

Gerard Butler just revealed the violent reality behind his 2006 historical action film 300. In a new interview with PEOPLE, Butler said that there were many injuries on set, with cast members needing ...