When Exactly Did Gerard Butler Become a Star Again?

Well, the former Phantom of the Opera has joined the cast of Nim's Island (original book by Wendy Orr) to play the nice but scatterbrained professor-father of Abigail Breslin. As I remember the story, at one point this guy gets caught in a storm. Which means, if he just happened to lose his shirt in the course of the storm that wouldn't be too surprising, right?

I mean... I'm just saying!