Austin Butler Always Wants To Do His Own Stunts in films. However, The American Actor Needs to Recover After His Role in the New Action Film CAUGHT STEALING . “I’ll deal with the bruises later.”
In Caught Stealing , Butler Plays Hank Thompson, a Former Baseball Player who Doesn’tn’tn’tn’t Know what to do with his life after his career. Unexpectededly, he gets caught up in a dangerous battle for survival in New York’s Criminal Underworld. In Addition to Butler, Zoë Kravitz, Bad Bunny, Matt Smith and Regina King also Appear in the film.
Just like with his portrayal of Elvis in the eponymous biopic, butler takes his leading role in caught stealing very seriously. For example, he is slack in his Character’s Apartment. “I had the whole apartment to myself,” he tells Variety . “I listed to music, danced and ate chinese food there. It made me feel like I really lived there. The next morning the whole crew came in While I was still in my underwear.”
“It really felt like it was a set anymore,” he’s continues. “When you make a movie, it’s tempting to get distracted by all the things around you, like the lights and the cameras. So the more I can fool myself, the better.”
The 34-Year-old Actor Always Enjoys Losing himself Completely in a character. “I’m very shy, which is also one of the reasons Why I started acting. By playing characters I can get into some else’s skin, take on a different voice and really be that other person.”
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‘I trained a lot, but I also drink a lot or bear’
Butler also Did Everything Physical to look like a Former Baseball Player. “I had to look like some who had leg a top athlete, but was no longer in top shape,” he explains. “So I also had to be a little bit fat. I trained a lot, but I also drink a lot or bear.”
After he had Achieved the Ultimate Physical Appearance, Butler Really had to get to work. CAUGHT STEALING , Directed by Darren Arananofsky ( Black Swan , The Whale ), is Full of Violence and Chases. “I also get tasks down by two russians Once,” he tells Men’s Health . Nikita Kukushkin, who plays one of the russian characters, is very strong accordance to butler. “But he was careful because he felt guilty. I kept asking him to do it just harder.”
“But then he came up with the idea that he wanted to give me a headbutt in my side, like a little ram,” says butler. “And he did it so hard that he almost broke my rib with his head. I was very impressed.”
The actor was also Thrown Naked Onto a Real Wooden Table for a scene. “The foam one looked too fake and every time I lay on it, the thing is. So I said:” Just do it, I’ll deal with those bruises later. ” “I’m Nothing Compared to Tom Cruise. He’s Hanging On A Plane, I’m Being Thrown On A Table. I’m Still A Bit Clumsy.”
CAUGHT STEALING WILL BE in Theaters from August 28.
