Austin Butler & Zoë Kravitz 'Caught Stealing' Interview

Is that what you call me when I'm not around? It's crazy. Yeah, when did you watch it? I watched it Thursday in the middle of the day. Look at us. Cheers. Look at us. Wow, we got the same color. Oh my god, we're basically matching. Look at us. But I watched it in the middle of the day on Thursday. And I had never felt so much anxiety and recent memory watching a movie. But like in a good way. You know when you're just like on the edge of your seat the whole time. Which I just want to compliment you because I think Blink twice just does this great job of also building and sustaining intensity and tension. Thank you so much. But I want to talk about before we get into just like sheer chaos in this movie, we do get a couple of fun moments between your characters. I want to talk about the strip down. Were you guys actually racing? Who won? Were you like, was that strategic? I felt like it was genuinely competitive. It was very competitive. I also was holding a beer and I had a hat. Oh my god. I had a cigarette and I had a lit cigarette. Oh, shirt over the head. Yeah, that was pretty impressive. Did you keep it in your mouth? How'd you do that? Yes. You kept it in your mouth? Yes. Doggy. Yes. Wow. That's impressive. And still managed to win. She didn't win all the time. I sort of let her win on the... No, it wasn't scripted who won. Was it not scripted that way? I don't think it said who won. I don't know. It was a genuine, yeah. Yeah, but it was a competition as you can see. I gathered that. Because we're still debating about it. I want to know if I can take this seriously. What do you need to take this seriously? At one point I wrote down, why is she with him? Right. Did you also... Story of my life. I mean, I feel like she definitely maybe likes to fix and take care of people. She's an EMT, so I feel like there's a certain amount of care that she likes to give. He cute. He funny. And I feel like she's such a New Yorker. She's so tough that I think there might be something refreshing about him to her. Yeah, they've had some fun. Yeah. But I totally understand why you would ask that. I was like, I'm not crazy. Let's go back to your place and you can take advantage of my poor judgment. I depend on your poor judgment. I want to switch gears a little bit and just talk about... Hank spends a lot of time being injured, but he's forced to be so agile. How did you approach the physicality of that? Of like, I've got to run so fast, but also this guy has an open wound and how... Yeah, that was a conundrum for me. Because I talked to Darren a lot about it. And there were times where I said, Darren, I really feel like I should be... And he goes, no, the adrenaline's pumping so much that you would just go and you feel it afterward. So there were moments... And so we played with a lot of different things. We did different takes and then I just kind of trusted Darren to cut together what he felt was... Felt right for the tone of the film. But yeah, I mean, when I'm cut open and suddenly I have to be sprinting down the street. I had that thought. I was just talking to him actually, and I'll hold this for Taylor, so feel free to talk to me. But he mentioned that you had a connection to Laura Dern, which is kind of how she ended up playing your mom. Can you talk at all about that? Yeah, Laura and I just... We met a few years ago, I think now. Maybe it was a few years ago, four years ago or something. And quickly developed this... I mean, you know Laura. I know Laura. She's the loveliest human being in the world. She's so maternal and comforting and smart. And so we would have conversations about life and the creative process. And she's just been this angel figure in my life. And on top of that, my mother used to always be told she looks like Laura Dern. Really? Yeah. So when anybody would talk, they would talk to my mom and say, you look just like Laura Dern. That's crazy. Isn't that wild? Yeah. So all these years later, I got to actually tell that to Laura. And now she's like this pseudo mom to me. Oh, that's so cute. That's really cool. Thank you for sharing that. I need you to take care of my cat. I like cats. I like dogs. Really quickly, is it as hard to watch an injured cat actor as it is to be in the theater? I know, right? Yeah, yeah. Oh, it's so sad. It's so sad. Actually, I mean, more impressive though, the fact that the cat can pretend to be injured. This is amazing. Yeah, the cat is an amazing little actor. Amazing little actor. Is that what you call me when I'm not around? Zoey is an amazing little actor. She's a good little actor. Can you guys give me what it's like to work with Darren Aronofsky in one word? Fun. Direct. Direct fun.