Gerard Butler Taken to Hospital After Being Pinned Down by a Wave While Filming

Local and international sources are reporting that Hollywood movie star Gerard Butler was sent to Stanford Hospital Sunday afternoon after reportedly being held down by a few waves at the world-famous surf break located less than a mile past Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay.

Butler, 42, was filming "," a movie about Mavericks surfing legend .

Ari Delay, Battalion Chief for the Coastside Fire Protection District station in Half Moon Bay, said that while he could not confirm or deny the identity of the patient, there was a man that was pulled in to shore from Mavericks at approximately 1 p.m. on Sunday.

"The man was taken to the launch ramp at Pillar Point Harbor by boat, then sent by ambulance to Stanford Hospital," he said.

This first hand report by a surfer Frank Quirate, who was serving as one of the water patrollers,  was published by ESPN Sports.

"One of the film crew's radios cracked -- they were 'bringing Gerry (Butler) in,'" Quierate wrote. "No sooner did I hear the transmission then a jet-ski and Zodiac turned the corner at the Half Moon Bay harbor mouth. They were coming in fast. I ran down to the dock, helped tie off the Zodiac and noticed Butler on board.

"He had that 100-yard stare that surfers get after a two-wave hold-down or near-death experience."

"Of Men and Mavericks" has been in , and for the last few months, including along the South Coast in . The film was in production at Pillar Point Harbor and Montara State Beach last week.

In March, surfer from Hawaii after being held down by two waves at Mavericks.