Austin Butler Studied MLB Players’ Butts For Inspiration For New Movie Role

Austin Butler‘s preparation for his new position as Henry “Hank” Thompson in Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming film, “Caught Stealing,” concerned some very intense and weird learning.

Butler, 34, just lately opened up about some behind-the-scenes tea concerning his newest movie, which is scheduled for launch on August 29, 2025.

In an interview with Males’s Well being in regards to the film, Austin Butler shared that director Darren Aronofsky had a really particular bodily look in thoughts for the character, prompting him to assemble a singular assortment of inspirational pictures.

Within the movie, Butler’s character is a former baseball participant who finally ends up bartending and navigating the felony world of New York Metropolis. To arrange for the position, Butler admitted that the movie’s director needed his butt to be particularly toned in order that he’d look the a part of an ex-ball participant.

To acquire the look, Butler stated that Aronofsky truly despatched him photos of various MLB gamers’ butts for inspiration, emphasizing how constructed they regarded in baseball pants.

“I even have a complete part of simply baseball gamers’ asses that he would ship me,” Butler stated. “He was like, ‘Look how thick they’re!’”

Elsewhere, throughout his interview, Butler shared that he could not obtain the derriere wanted with out skilled assist. To that finish, he employed Beth Lewis, the coach who’s credited with serving to actor Hugh Jackman rework into the Wolverine within the “X-Males” sequence.

In response to Butler, whereas coaching for the film, he was capable of steadiness the extreme exercises with a few of his wishes, together with pizza and beer.

Butler additionally joked that whereas he is received the butt wanted to play Hank now, he is needed to half methods with a pricey “part of Celine pants that I simply cannot even put on anymore.”

On social media, users had hilarious and passionate reactions to Butler’s steamy cowl shoot for Males’s Well being, by which the “Masters of the Air” actor seems shirtless in a single shot whereas showcasing his cumbersome shoulders and biceps hanging a punching bag in one other.

“Oh my,” one person wrote connected to a gif of a woman dropping her breath.

“I’m AWAKE,” one other person posted, to which somebody replied, “We’re RISEN.”

A 3rd person said, “This can be a splendid technique to begin my morning.”

“Actually, I like how the tables flip,” another person joked. “Thanks, males, for objectifying yourselves for us. It is a enjoyable time [when] we do no work, bless.”

Apart from his newest position, The Blast beforehand reported that Butler may be the following man as much as play the well-known Jack Sparrow within the subsequent “Pirates of the Caribbean” film.

Johnny Depp was initially slated to reprise the position; nevertheless, his authorized woes along with his ex-wife, Amber Heard, put a damper on Disney’s plans, inflicting them to reevaluate.

“Austin Butler and his workforce’s curiosity within the [‘Pirates’] franchise has come at precisely the precise time, and it doesn’t essentially imply curtains for Margot [Robbie]’s take or perhaps a return look by Johnny,” a supply shared again in 2024. “The attraction of someone like Austin is that he can fully rework into a personality, and the potential is there to create one thing as unforgettable as Johnny’s work on the primary movie 21 years in the past.”