Austin Butler fondly recalls Quentin Tarantino set while sweating through Hot Ones
Austin Butler hits Hot Ones to talk about Quentin Tarantino, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, and eating PB&Js with his mom
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Back when the Academy Awards first began in 1929, no one would have guessed that nearly a century later winning that trophy would require a campaign stop to eat viciously spicy hot wings. Yet here we are, with Austin Butler sweating through the Hot Ones gauntlet and sheepishly talking around the fact that he has nothing to promote but his Oscars chances. “It’s been a whirlwind lately, so I look forward to… yeah… y’know… many more fun times ahead, and then a vacation,” he concludes at the end of the episode.
The Elvis star does have things to talk about, including a lot about the technique of acting (he actually thanks host Sean Evans for bringing up actor and teacher Uta Hagen) and exchanging typewritten letters with Tom Hanks in character as Elvis and Colonel Tom Parker. He also shared a glowing recollection of his time on Quentin Tarantino’s set for Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood.
“The first time that I heard this—it was just so cool, because I mean, I’ve talked a lot about how much Quentin meant to me, and it was just always my dream to work with him. But he, we’re on set and he says, ‘Okay we got it, but we’re gonna do one more. You know why?’ And the entire crew screams, ‘Because we love making movies!’” He recalls. “And the first time you’re there… you’re not in on it. And so, Brad [Pitt] and Leo [DiCaprio], everybody is like, ‘Because we love making movies!’”
“There are sets that are so sterile. There are sets where there is no joy. There are sets where people are like, just at a job,” Butler goes on. “And you’re trying to create something that you’re gonna give to the world, you know? And with Quentin, that was so cool, because it just changes the atoms in the room. And then you’re in on it! And so every new crew member, or actor, whoever, then suddenly they’re part of the tribe at that point, saying ‘We love making movies.’”
Other highlights of the episode include reminiscences of his time working with Denzel Washington and an anecdote about how he was “the only kid in elementary school who got this letter that allowed me to, every lunch, walk home and eat lunch with my mom.” And yes, he does still sound a little bit like Elvis, but it seems that we’ve finally entered the phasing-out phase of the accent. Check it all out for yourself above.
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Anyone else getting tired of this kid?
He’s a good actor but, yeah, something about him just rubs me the wrong way. There’s no reason for it, because he seems nice enough and I have no reason to dislike him. He just has a weird vibe to me.
Not me. He’s done nothing to me and I’m not some self-important piece of shit who thinks it matters if he gets “tired” of someone.
Fuck off, how about that?
No.
I think it’s because he’s sort of a generic white guy actor with nothing to discern him from others. Sort of like Tom Cruise or Christian Bale but Bale is always super intense acting wise and Cruise is such a workaholic and devoted to stunts in his movies that those are character traits that make them standout. Butler has nothing
stop clicking on links about him then jesus fucking christ are you that desperate for attention
Sand in your vag?
no i just dont like you
You’re sitting here talking to me. Anything else rattling around that skull of yours I need to hear about?
im not talking to you and you cant make me
Seems like a sweet guy but goddamn if he isn’t the most forgettable actor to be thrust upon us in a long time. I sat through all 45 hours of Elvis and can’t remember a single scene.
This website keeps sending mixed messages about Quentin Tarantino.
Thats Quentins special ability to make people confused about him
yes every writer on this site should agree on everything all the time