AN ACTOR, known for his pulling power with good-looking women, tried to pull a stunner on a flight to Los Angeles.

Gerard Butler, who had a bust-up with Olivier Martinez over a manhood jibe, was being taken by officials to a plane at Heathrow Airport when the 300 star noticed no-one was staring at him. In fact, they were staring at somebody else.

And the actor, who has dated Serbian model Martina Rajic, Brazilian model Beatriz Coelho, actress Jennifer Aniston, former Miss USA Shanna Moakler (remember her bitchy catfight with Kim Kardashian), Alex Rodriguez's squeeze actress Cameron Diaz, and actress Rosario Dawson, whose sexuality made Will Smith uncomfortable, was equally impressed.

"Most of the lads at Terminal 5 never even noticed Gerard to start with because the woman was a jaw-dropping stunner," a fellow passenger told The Sun.

"She was turning heads. A tall, early twenties, model-looking brunette.

"Gerard was swept through the queue with officials for the airline and boarded the plane.

"He spotted her and nearly fell over. It was a classic double-take. He should have had a yellow card for the look he gave her.

"When we boarded she was a few rows in front of us in 42B. You could see him peering back from first class.

"Then 15 minutes later one of the airline's ground staff came along, handed her a piece of paper and gave her a wink.

"It was priceless. All the lads on the flight laughed and she blushed and started giggling.

"We didn't see what happened when we got off at the other end."

The stunner in seat 42B was Seana-Marie Chang, a model from New York, with an impressive portfolio. And Butler did make an impression on her as she revealed to her followers on her Facebook page.

Chang left her seat to have a chat with Butler during the flight but only after telling the actor she had a boyfriend. The model approached him after staff presented her with a note asking for her number. Indeed, during their chat the Scottish actoroffered to take her and her boyfriend out for dinner.

"Gerard was really taken with Seana-Marie," a source told The Sun.

"He loved the fact that she didn't even ask him for a picture as most people would.

"She was really down to earth and they had a long chat as they crossed the Atlantic.

"He was pretty gutted when he found out she already had a bloke. But that didn't stop him asking to see her again."

Originally published as Girl in seat 42B dazzles actor