Gerard Butler and Michelle Monaghan hit the red carpet in Beverly Hills at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to premiere their new film “Machine Gun Preacher” directed by Marc Forster. The premiere of the movie, which tells the tale of a gun-toting crusader from Pennsylvania who traveled to Sudan to build an orphanage, benefited the Angels of East Africa. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
Gerard Butler plays Sam Childers, who is based on the real-life gun-wielding preacher, in the film. Butler has not been able to contain his emotions over the role and cried in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times when discussing the film. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
Butler and Monaghan share a moment on the red carpet. Monaghan plays Sam’s wife Lynn Childers. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
Sam Childers, whose life is the inspiration for the film, arrives at the premiere of “Machine Gun Preacher.” Tough-guy child crusader Childers puts director Marc Forster, star Gerard Butler and screenwriter Jason Keller to the test, both on-screen and off. Read more about Childers here. (Matt Sayles / Associated Press)
Sam Childers poses with Kathy Baker, who plays the religious matriarch Daisy in the film. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
Madeline Carroll plays the older version of Paige, Sam Childers’ daughter, in the film (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
“Machine Gun Preacher” actor Souleymane Sy Savane plays Deng in the film (Matt Sayles / Associated Press)
“Colombiana” star Zoe Saldana. (Matt Sayles / Associated Press)
“Chemistry” actress Ana Alexander poses with “Machine Gun Preacher” producer Gary Safady. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
From left to right, Michelle Monaghan, Madeline Carroll, Ryan Campos and Kathy Baker. Ryan plays the younger version of Paige in the film. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
“The Adventures of Tintin” and “Supenatural” actor Sebastian Roche arrives with a guest. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
“Nikita” actress Tiffany Hines. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
Zoe Saldan poses on the red carpet. (Matt Sayles / Associated Press)
“The Blue Lagoon” actor Christopher Atkins will appear in the upcoming western “The Hard Ride” with Val Kilmer. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
Television actress Claire Coffee stars in “Franklin and Bash” and will appear in the upcoming NBC series “Grimm.”(Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
