Gerard Butler discusses what it was like getting into the mind of the complicated Phantom in a film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's play, "Phantom of the Opera". His first person account details how he was able to convey the emotions and trials of the outcast Erik while taking singing lessons. “Phantom of the Opera” is the 2004 British film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 musical and was directed by Joel Schumacher.