Austin Butler on His ‘Caught Stealing’ Method Appearing

Can you consider it has been three years since Austin Butler’s Method performing left him with a semipermanent Elvis accent? While Butler toned down his technique to play villain Feyd-Rautha in Dune: Part Two as a result of it could be “unhealthy for my family and friends,” it appears to be like like he returned to his immersive method for his new movie, Caught Stealing. Dare I say it sounds … type of enjoyable?

In a brand new interview with Variety, Butler stated that to sink deeper into his character, Hank, an ex-baseball participant turned barkeeper, he determined to sleep on the set that was his character’s East Village condominium. “For one night, I had the whole apartment to myself,” Butler stated. “I played music, I danced around, and I ate Chinese food in there. It made me feel like I really lived there. I slept there all night, and I woke up to the crew coming in while I was in my underwear.”

Apparently, Butler’s little slumber social gathering succeeded at making the set really feel extra like an actual condominium. “There are many things that conspire against you when you’re making a movie,” he stated. “So the more I can do to trick myself, the more important it is.” At least he didn’t find yourself with a very new voice.

Besides mentally stepping into Hank’s headspace, Butler bodily acquired into his character. He needed to have the “certain thickness” of an ex-athlete, so whereas he labored out, he additionally drank a variety of beer. Director Darren Aronofsky was apparently not an enormous fan of this method — he advised Variety he “asked [Butler] to work a little less hard and to relax a little bit” as a result of he needed “looseness” from his efficiency. I suppose that’s the place the entire beer got here in.