Austin Butler Under Fire After Admitting Crew Found Him On Set In Underwear

At solely 34, Austin Butler has already snagged some fairly iconic film roles, together with as Feyd-Rautha in “Dune” and enjoying the titular character within the 2022 musical “Elvis.”

Butler has constructed a fame within the business for giving his all to the character he is enjoying, from coaching with a Navy SEAL to intensely finding out Elvis’ voice to get it excellent.

However is there such a factor as taking technique performing too far? Some social media customers assume so after Austin Butler revealed that he went to excessive lengths to attach with the newest character he performed within the film “Caught Stealing,” which is scheduled to launch in theatres in late August 2025.

For these unfamiliar, Butler is extraordinarily dedicated to his artwork. In a earlier interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the “Switched at Beginning” star revealed that in preparation for enjoying Elvis, he employed a vocal coach to assist guarantee his voice was “equivalent” to that of the rock star.

“I watched as a lot [footage of Elvis’ concerts] as I might, again and again. I really feel such a duty to Elvis and to Priscilla and Lisa Marie, and all of the folks world wide who love him a lot,” he mentioned.

Deeply connecting with the character is par for the course for Butler, contemplating that for his new movie, he advised Variety that he really slept on the set that was his New York Metropolis condominium within the film, which additionally stars Regina King and Zoe Kravitz.

In response to Butler, he spent one night time alone on the film set, enjoying music, dancing, and consuming Chinese language meals. He slept via the night time; nevertheless, he suffered an embarrassing second when he was awoken by the movie’s crew, who discovered him in his underwear.

Butler may be one of many solely ones who discovered the state of affairs amusing, although.

On Reddit, a plethora of customers flocked to a particular thread, blasting the actor for being what they consider is inauthentic.

“File this underneath ‘issues that he in all probability thinks make him sound dedicated to the character, however really, as somebody who works in movie/television, makes him sound like an amazing ache within the crew’s collective a-s,'” a consumer wrote.

“This dude is simply f-cking bizarre,” one other commented.

A 3rd consumer wrote, “Unbearable. It is the type of actor whose telephone stops ringing the second he stops being a field workplace draw.”

Regardless of the general public’s opinion on the matter, Butler revealed that he had a particular objective for sleeping on the set, explaining that it helped him join with the function on a deeper degree.

“There are various issues that conspire towards you if you’re making a film. You’ve got received the lights and the digicam, and the set would not have a ceiling, as a result of they have to mild it from above. It is tempting to go searching and break the phantasm. So the extra I can do to trick myself, the extra necessary it’s,” he mentioned.

In his new film, “Caught Stealing,” Butler performs Hank, a former baseball participant turned bartender who will get concerned with the New York Metropolis crime life. The movie is in contrast to his earlier works, particularly as a result of he is enjoying a personality that—regardless of his crime background—carefully resembles himself.

Nonetheless, Butler mentioned that accepting this function was fairly horrifying for him, as he had begun performing as a approach to escape his actuality as a toddler. He defined that with the ability to painting completely different characters has allowed him to really feel “free.”