Austin Butler and Zoë Kravitz on dating in 'Caught Stealing'

Was Tonic the cat at your birthday? Only in cake form. They ate Tonic. He's a diva, he wouldn't show up to the actual birthday, so he sent a cake in his arm. Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz here this morning. Oh, we do love a sprinkle of Hollywood in this studio. Oh, we do. It's been a while. We're so excited about your new film, Caught Stealing. Is this the first time you guys have worked together? Yes, it is. Yes. What if we'd done a series of films together that no one had seen? That could have happened. It could have. But it hasn't. It has not. And do you Google each other before you meet? Or do you just... Be honest, be honest. No. Did you Google me? No, I didn't need to Google you. Well, it is weird, but that's what's so cute about it. They already know each other, they already knew. They just, they knew what to expect. I Googled you, but I found nothing. That's because I'm not the famous one, you were. That's right. Ooh, now did you reverse Google? You just past tense that. He had posters of me on his wall. Just admit it, JK, come on. I did not have posters of you on my wall. I didn't. I do now, that's even more weird. That is weird. Okay, you two get a room. Oh, we're in this room every day, don't worry about it. Honestly, you two are breaking it up for us right now. Trust me, trust me. Right, so tell us about your characters in this film, because this is a really interesting concept. It's an amazing director. Just tell us the premise quickly, like what the film is about. Yeah, so you say it's an amazing director. It's Darren Aronofsky, who directed Black Swan, The Whale recently, The Wrestler, Wrecking for a Dream, a lot of great films. And yeah, so I play a guy who's from a small town in California, moves to New York 10 years before the movie starts, becomes a bartender. Set in 98? Yes, and- Good era. We love the 90s. Love the 90s. Darren likes to say that's peak humanity. Absolutely. I would agree. That was our heyday, for sure. Absolutely. And then, and Zoe plays the, well, I mean, I'll let you talk about it, but we're dating in the movie. Yeah. And then my next door neighbor asked me to watch his cat. I watch the cat, little do I know that there's something hidden in the cat's litter box. People want the thing that we don't know we have, and then his life kind of- Unravels, yeah. Wow. Lots of running. A great peak era. I mean, your trainers are making a lot of headlines in the movie. They were the easy riders, I think they were. The pumas that you had. Yeah. They're going viral, aren't they? Yeah, they're going viral. The black, gray pumas, yeah, they're going- Well, it's set in the 90s, so the style and the clothes, I mean, did you, Zoe, did you love everything you were wearing from that era? Yeah. I feel like it's all come back in fashion now anyway. I know, it's really crazy to be at an age where things that, like, you wore things as a kid and now it's come back and it's vintage now. But yeah, I had a lot of good clothes. I had good jeans and Doc Martens and good tank tops. And yeah, there was some good stuff. I wanted to steal everything. And what about the soundtrack? Are we going to hear a lot of, like, 90s bangers on this soundtrack, do you think? Yeah, there's some good ones. Yeah, there's some great 90s bangers. What about, we need to talk about the cat. Was Tonic the cat at your birthday? Only in cake form. They ate Tonic. He's a diva, he wouldn't show up for the actual birthday, so he sent a cake in his arm. Are you a cat person? Do you both like cats? Yeah, I love cats. Okay, so it was easy to work with the cat. It was very easy. Was there one Tonic or were there several Tonics? No, don't shatter the illusion. Oh, really? Was there just the one? Do you really want to know? Yeah, I want to know. All right, so the cat in the movie, his name is Bud. All right. There were multiple Buds. But there's one main Bud and that's Tonic. Right. Yeah, but Tonic, he's a primal beast. What was on Tonic's rider? Like, what would he eat? Like, how many naps a day? Was there always a saucer of milk on set? There was always a saucer of milk. He loved this thing called a licky stick. Oh, yeah, we like a licky stick. We all have a licky stick. Have all your close friends and family seen the movie already? No. No? So literally, oh, wow. Are you going to have like a screening party? I'm going to invite some friends in New York. And then, yeah, when it comes out, maybe go see it with some friends. Yeah, I have my London friends coming here. We'll see it tonight. And then I have a bunch of friends coming to New York. That must be a nice thing to do. It must be to get there and get it. And also, I feel like your friends will tell you exactly what they think. Is it sort of that the sort of situation? Yeah. That's why they're our friends. Exactly. So the film is called Caught Stealing. So we thought that we would get in touch with some of our listeners and get you to judge their petty theft stories. Now, I'm not sure if this is the right thing to do, but we're going to do it anyway. So our first one is from Kyle. Have a listen to this. Hey, Austin and Zoe, it's Kyle here. My caught stealing confession is this. I once accidentally walked out of a shop in Ibiza with some brand new shorts. I tried them on in the changing rooms. I thought I'd bought them. Somehow, I totally forgot. And it wasn't until I got home that I realized I rang the shop back straight away. And they said, this happens all the time, not to worry about it. So I never ended up going back to pay for them. What a win. What do you think of that? This happens all the time in Ibiza. It would in Ibiza. No, but everyone's now going to go to Ibiza and try and get free shorts. I don't think we should do this. Yeah. Wow, what a stand up shop. That sounds like everything turned out totally okay. Yeah, that was good. If only that happened in real life. Next is Megan. I like that, Kyle. Hi, guys. So my name's Megan, and I've actually never told this story before. But when I was younger, I decided to try and steal my granddad's tortoise. It wasn't until I was in the car with my mum on the way home that she just turned around and was like, why is there a tortoise on your lap, Megan? Love it. That's amazing. I wonder how old she was. How old was she? She sounded young. Cute. Hi, guys. Just younger. I feel that that's like maybe a seven, eight-year-old. I mean, I get it. You see a tortoise, you want to take it. I inherited a tortoise for a while, yeah. They live forever. They do. They literally like, they outlive you. It's like, god. We have one final one, and this is from Holly. When I was younger, I was caught red-handed sneaking bites of food that was meant to be put on the table for Christmas. I didn't know why my 12-year-old self felt the need to deny that I did that. But I literally had the food still in my mouth as I denied sneaking bites. Bring it to the grave. These are all confessions from childhood. It's like, you can't judge children for doing- This is it. So the next question is, have you ever stolen it? We won't judge you. Come on. When I was a child, probably. I think we all test it, don't we? We see, oh, if I do take that, what's going to happen to me? Yeah. I keep on telling the story. It's like everywhere. I stole underwear from The Gap or Victoria's Secret. I don't know which one. See, I'm not the only one! You stole underwear, too? Well, it was a pair of trousers, but I think I did the same. I was a teen. No, guys, this is like the first story we heard. It was accidental. You tried it on, and then you walked out. Granted, walking out of a story, just, you stole it, alright? I'm trying to help. That's about enough of that. That's about enough of that, yeah. Right, that's all we've got time for. It was so lovely to have you. Tell us when the movie's out, when we can go and see it. August 29th, Cards Stealing. Great movie to see in the movies. Take a date, go by yourself. It's a great date movie. It is a great date movie. I think it's a really good date movie. There's the seal of approval. We've loved having you. Thank you so much. Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz!