Austin Butler Opted Against Method Acting For 'Dune

Austin Butler says he "made a conscious decision to draw the line" when he starred in "Dune: Part Two," in which he played a cruel, thirsty man. bad

Austin Butler explains why he couldn't get very far with his character in Dune: Part 2.

In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Butler, 32, spoke about his approach to playing the villain in Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen's sci-fi epic with director Denis Villeneuve.

"Anyway, I explored life in this world with Elvis three years ago and that's all I think about day and night," Butler announced. "With Feyd, I knew it wouldn't be healthy for my family and friends."

Butler gained public attention by playing Elvis Presley in the biopic on Elvis of 2022, especially because he felt the role so deeply that he long said: "The only thing on my mind was Elvis." Butler continued to speak in Presley's accent for months, even after dating him. “So I made a conscious decision to set a limit,” Butler said. He added, after Villeneuve's joke, that it would not have been healthy for the director of the film if Butler had completely immersed himself in his Dune character, with more freedom between actions and editing, because I knew that this would have protected everyone outside outside the context of our work. " Butler said of the role. "That doesn't mean it doesn't damage your life. But I knew I wasn't going to do anything dangerous outside of that limit, and I think in a way that allowed me to go beyond that."

Set in the second film of Dune, Butler is a new character from the Harkonnen family, previously seen as bitter enemies of Timothée Chalamet's character Paul Atreides and his family in Dune 2021. : Part 1. Feyd -Rautha is the nephew of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (played by Stellan Skarsgård); The character was previously played by singer and bassist Sting of The Police in the 1984 film Dune.

After Paul survives the Harkonnen attack to his family and is murdered. After defeating your father (Oscar Isaac) in the first film of the series, he orders the Harkonnens to task Feyd-Rautha with locating Paul and killing him while they team up with Zendaya's character, Chani, and the Fremen, as shown in the movie trailers. upcoming movie. .

“Working with you was incredibly fun. When the camera was on, it was like being possessed," Villeneuve, 56, said of working with Butler on the new film. “When the camera was off, you were still maybe 25 or 30 percent Feyd. And focused, but quite away from killing anyone on the board. .