The actor had to concentrate to prepare a role behind the cameras and play a very different one in front of them.
Austin Butler has already proven to be a most committed actor when preparing for a role. The protagonist of Elvis Not only was he nominated for an Oscar for his performance, but he continued to exhibit the gestures and voice of the king of rock and roll even after filming ended. Years later, he once again demonstrates how involved he is in his work by confessing that, while he was playing Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in Dune 2he had to use his free time to prepare for the role of Benny in Bikeriders. The law of the asphalt.
The actor had to concentrate on two very different roles at the same time and alternate them to give his best in each of them. In Dune 2Butler plays the archenemy of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), a most subtle and sadistic villain; Meanwhile in Bikeridersplays Benny, a biker who is part of a sinister gang known as The Vandals. Both characters use two very different weapons: the first is an ace with knives; The second uses his fists to survive and the motorcycle as an escape route.
“I rolled Dune 2 for a month, then I had two weeks off and then I shot for another month. So, during those two weeks of rest, I went riding my motorcycle in the United States and then came back to Dune“he explains to The Hollywood Reporter. The actor also had to divide himself between continents, since the ‘set’ of Dune 2 was in Budapest, while the motorcycles of Bikeriders They were in Cincinnati, United States.
It was the most complicated of all. I was getting used to the bikes at the same time I was training with the knives for ‘Dune’, then I put ‘Bikeriders’ on hold for a while and refocused on ‘Dune’
Starring in both films also posed some limits for the actor. Jeff Nichols, the director of Asphalt Law, objected to the film team Dune Shave the actor’s head. “You’re going to come straight here [desde Dune: Parte 2]can you not shave it?“Asked Nichols, alarmed by the filming of his film. Finally, the team gave in and the actor flew from Budapest to the United States without having changed a hair of his physical appearance.
Austin Butler is the bad boy again: the actor returns alongside Tom Hardy and Norman Reedus in one of the films of the year
Bikeriders. The Law of Asphalt premieres in movie theaters in Spain on Next July 12th. Butler will return to the big screen alongside Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy and Norman Reedus, among others.
