Gerard Butler got back into character as the rugged hero as he resumed filming for the Greenland sequel in Hampshire on Tuesday.

The 300 star, 54, was seen heading to the set in the market town of Alton, which was transformed into an apocalypse-hit version of Liverpool for the upcoming film.

Joined by co-star Morena Baccarin, who plays his wife Alison in the film, Gerard looked every inch the leading man weathered by a worldwide catastrophe, as he and his wife wander a street barren by the disaster.

The quiet town has been turned into a city laden with graffitti and destruction, with survivors beginning their quest to find a new home.

The Market Square and some of the town’s roads and parks were closed for the filming of the sequel.

Gerard Butler got back into character as the rugged hero as he resumed filming for the Greenland sequel in Hampshire on Tuesday

The 300 star was spotted heading to set as he got back to work in the market town of Alton

For the upcoming film, Alton has been transformed from a quiet market town to an apocalyse-hit version of Liverpool

A spokesperson for Alton Town Council told the BBC it was ‘very excited’ the town had been chosen as a location for the film.

Crystal Anne Quinn, who lives in the town, said: ‘Myself and my mum are avid fans of Gerard Butler.

‘I first watched him in the phantom of the opera and having seen the first Greenland film I am delighted that they’re filming part of the sequel in Alton.

‘We are looking forward to seeing Greenland Migration.’

Between scenes, Gerard and Morena were in good spirits as they chatted to various extras, themselves dressed in ragged costumes.

Titled Greenland: Migration, the film is a sequel to the 2020 action thriller, which starred Gerard and Morena as a married couple.

The original film, which was released during the Covid pandemic, took in over $50 million at the box office, and huge rental figures when it was released on VOD, and later HBO Max in the US and Prime Video in the UK.

In Greenland, Gerard starred as a structural engineer John, who is determined to save his family from the worldwide damage of a comet, with himself and his estranged wife Alison determined to reach an emergency shelter in Greenland.

Joined by co-star Morena Baccarin, who plays his wife Alison in the film, Gerard looked every inch the leading man weathered by a worldwide catastrophe

For the scene, Gerard’s character is spotted wandering a street barren by the disaster

Titled Greenland: Migration, the film is a sequel to the 2020 action thriller, which starred Gerard and Morena as a married couple

Between scenes, Gerard and Morena were in good spirits as they chatted to various extras, themselves dressed in ragged costumes

The Market Square and some of the town’s roads and parks were closed for the filming of the sequel

A spokesperson for Alton Town Council told the BBC it was ‘very excited’ the town had been chosen as a location for the film

The original film, which was released during the Covid pandemic, took in over $50 million at the box office

In Greenland, Gerard starred as a structural engineer John, who is determined to save his family from the worldwide damage of a comet

The previous film ended with the final, and largest, fragment of the coment colliding with Earth, wiping out a majority of its population

 After nine months in the shelter, survivors discover that the atmosphere on Earth is once again habitable, meaning that civilisation can finally be rebuilt

Now the sequel will see John and his family begin a long journey from Greenland across the decimated wasteland of Europe to find their new home

The previous film ended with the final, and largest, fragment of the coment colliding with Earth, wiping out a majority of its population.

After nine months in the shelter, survivors discover that the atmosphere on Earth is once again habitable, meaning that civilisation can finally be rebuilt.

Now the sequel will see John and his family begin a long journey from Greenland across the decimated wasteland of Europe to find their new home.

Gerard produced and starred in two films in 2023:  American action thriller Plane and American spy action thriller Kandahar.

In 2025, Gerard will bring his long-standing voice role as Stoick The Vast to life in the first live-action adaptation of How To Train Your Dragon.

Gerard has been in a relationship with American actress Morgan Brown for over a decade. He has no children.