Tom Hanks worried about Austin Butler’s post-Elvis mental health, so he gave him a job
Butler will star in Tom Hanks’ Band Of Brothers follow-up, Masters Of The Air
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Austin Butler’s commitment to Elvis was visible in every frame of Elvis, a movie with a heck of a lot of frames. From his time thinking about his whole life before he went on stage to that mic swallowing to his exquisite final performance, Butler’s interpretation of Elvis was deeply realized and physically and emotionally demanding. Tom Hanks, a man who once played opposite a volleyball on a desert island, knows a thing or two about the toll such commitment has on an actor’s mental health. So, he decided to give Austin Butler a job.
In an interview with The Times Of London, Butler said that Hanks recognized what Butler was going through and advised him to “go straight into something else” for mental health reasons. Hanks told Butler, “If you just jump off the train, you might have emotional whiplash,” before telling the Oscar nominee, “You know, I’ve got this thing I’m producing.” The thing was, get this, an Apple TV+ World War II miniseries called Masters Of The Air. It’s the long-awaited follow-up to Band Of Brothers and seems like an intense train to jump onto. Still, we like to imagine that Hanks always has a World War II epic in his back pocket in case a young actor needs help.
In 2022, Butler told The L.A. Times that he thought he might slip into a “major depression” after Elvis wrapped. His director, Baz Luhrman, agreed with Hanks and suggested Butler sign on to a new project, except he didn’t have a WWII drama to offer. In addition to Masters Of The Air, Butler’s Dune debut is coming this fall when he plays the extremely pale Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in Dune: Part Two.
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What a great guy! He’s just the best!
Really, the best!
Send him your resume.
Lol.
I did, but he just said I have dead eyes? Rude.
Honestly If butler needs constant work then maybe being a part of a franchise like the DCU that should have constant work for him to be on that’s not too heavy. Now what character does he play simple. He plays Plastic man.
Yeah, that summer I spent skimming Tom Hanks’s pools really helped my mental health.
If it included healthcare, that job would honestly be a pretty peaceful way to pass a few months.
As long as Chet doesn’t come and bother you.
I mean all he’ll do it pop hy with a few Twisted Tea 24oz’s and shout “it’s White Boy Summer!” to anyone who will listen. Most people who’ve done a stint at a TGI Fridays have encountered worse.
I’m assuming Rita brought you lemonade and suggested regular breaks from the heat.
“- a movie with a heck of lot of frames” this just bad content *smh*
It’s the long-awaited follow-up to Band Of Brothers So you’re just pretending that The Pacific doesn’t exist?
I highly doubt the writer is even aware of The Pacific.
We are, yes. We’ve become exceedingly good at it.
The follow-up to “Band of Brothers” was “The Pacific.”
If he’s worried about somebody’s mental health who has been in your work sphere, and you’ve got a follow-up to Band of Brothers (that’s not The Pacific)… I’m pretty sure Connor Ratliff has proved his worth to be first in the casting queue.
Now I feel like watching Memphis Belle.
Oh my gosh, my sister and I watched Memphis Belle literally every single day one summer. LITERALLY every single day. We could quote it backwards and forwards. Probably still can. Damn, it’s a good movie.
My great uncle was a ball turret gunner in the belly of one of those things (where Sean Astin sits in the movie) in WWII. Said it was flat-out terrifying.
I can imagine. There was an Amazing Stories (I think? it was an old sci fi show) episode where the ball turret got stuck, so he couldn’t get out (since the door wasn’t in the right position to open). They were going to land but the landing gear malfunctioned so they’d have to do a belly land. Not good if you’re in the ball turret. So he was an illustrator of some sort, liked to draw, and he went into this trance and started drawing landing gear for the plane. These big cartoon yellow wheels, and they appeared and the plane was able to land on them. His mates in the plane got the turret cut open and he was still in this trance, so they had to pull him out really gently because they figured once he woke up the wheels would disappear. They got him out and they all evacuated the plane, and sure enough when he woke up the plane crashed to the ground.Anyway. Yeah it looks scary.ETA it’s this one: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0511124/ Apparently Kevin Costner and Keifer Sutherland were in it.
If this were written by AI, it would have correctly labeled The Pacific as the followup to Band of Brothers. Maybe just use ChatGPT next time.