{"id":178579,"date":"2025-08-27T02:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T02:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/178579\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T02:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T02:22:12","slug":"austin-butler-on-his-caught-stealing-method-acting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/178579\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Butler on His \u2018Caught Stealing\u2019 Method Acting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Can you believe it has been three years since Austin Butler\u2019s Method acting left him with a semipermanent Elvis accent<\/a>? While Butler toned down his technique<\/a> to play villain Feyd-Rautha in Dune: Part Two because it would be \u201cunhealthy for my family and friends,\u201d it looks like he returned to his immersive approach for his new film, Caught Stealing<\/a>. Dare I say it sounds \u2026 kind of fun?<\/p>\n

In a new interview with Variety<\/a>, Butler said that to sink deeper into his character, Hank, an ex-baseball player turned barkeeper, he decided to sleep on the set that was his character\u2019s East Village apartment. \u201cFor one night, I had the whole apartment to myself,\u201d Butler said. \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apparently, Butler\u2019s little slumber party succeeded at making the set feel more like a real apartment. \u201cThere are many things that conspire against you when you\u2019re making a movie,\u201d he said. \u201cSo the more I can do to trick myself, the more important it is.\u201d At least he didn\u2019t end up with a completely new voice.<\/p>\n

Besides mentally getting into Hank\u2019s headspace, Butler physically got into his character. He wanted to have the \u201ccertain thickness\u201d of an ex-athlete, so while he worked out, he also drank a lot of beer. Director Darren Aronofsky was apparently not a huge fan of this technique \u2014 he told Variety he \u201casked [Butler]\u00a0to work a little less hard and to relax a little bit\u201d because he wanted \u201clooseness\u201d from his performance. I guess that\u2019s where all of the beer came in.<\/p>\n

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