Austin Butler‘s preparation for his new function 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 concerning 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 photographs.

Within the movie, Butler’s character is a former baseball participant who finally ends up bartending and navigating the prison world of New York Metropolis. To arrange for the function, Butler admitted that the movie’s director wished 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 mentioned that Aronofsky truly despatched him photos of various MLB gamers’ butts for inspiration, emphasizing how constructed they appeared in baseball pants.

“I even have a complete part of simply baseball gamers’ asses that he would ship me,” Butler mentioned. “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” collection.

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

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

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

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

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

A 3rd person said, “It is a splendid solution to begin my morning.”

“Truthfully, I really 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.”

Except for his newest function, The Blast beforehand reported that Butler is perhaps 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 function; nonetheless, his authorized woes together with his ex-wife, Amber Heard, put a damper on Disney’s plans, inflicting them to reevaluate.

“Austin Butler and his staff’s curiosity within the [‘Pirates’] franchise has come at precisely the suitable 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 any individual 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.”