Austin Butler has recently gone to extreme while preparing for his role in an upcoming thriller, Caught Stealing.
The Elvis star finally decided to take his method acting to next level, which is why, he spent the night in the East Village apartment set where his character Hank lives
“For one night, I had the whole apartment to myself,” said the 34-year-old in a new interview with Variety.
Austin continued, “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,” recalled the Dune: Part Two actor.
Elsewhere in the interview, Austin shared the real reason behind sleeping on the set for this new movie.
“It made it feel like it wasn’t a set anymore… There are many things that conspire against you when you’re making a movie,” stated The Bikeriders actor.
Austin told the outlet, “You’ve got the lights and the camera and the set doesn’t have a ceiling, because they’ve got to light it from above.”
“It’s tempting to look around and break the illusion,” noted the Eddington actor.
Therefore, Austin believed that more he can do to trick himself, “the more important it is”.
Meanwhile, the actor opened up that Caught Stealing, which will release in theatres on August 29, showcases Austin as “he’s in life”.
“One of the reasons I got into acting in the first place was that I am very shy. Getting to play characters let me put on this other skin and put on this other voice and become this other person,” mentioned the actor.
Austin added, “Playing a character that feels more like myself left me with nowhere to hide and made me feel vulnerable.”