Austin Butler & Zoe Kravitz React To Their Chemistry Being Called ‘Respectful Fire’

This movie is such an adrenaline rush. I so enjoyed watching it. Austin, you clearly transformed for this. Talk to me about your physical transformation and how you got very ripped. I what did I do? I mean, I ate a lot. I lifted heavy things. It was but the thing is, I wasn't. I was like, I'm playing a guy who used to be a baseball player who now drinks a lot of beer. So I did that as well. Mix it up. You know, I had some pizza and beer. Oh, stop it. Because I wasn't I wasn't trying. And that's how you got ripped. I got ripped by drinking beer and eating pizza. I did this. So he's like, I saw lots of real chicken. Did you know you were eating peanut butter and jelly? Yeah. Yeah. I was eating kind of whatever I wanted. Lucky you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just was trying to dare. I was really, really. You worked out a lot. I did. Yeah. Yeah. He sent you a baseball player's booties. Yeah. And being like, do that. Make it like that. Because I was really skinny when Darren and I first started talking about it. I was very skinny. He told me. He did. What else did Darren say? What has he been talking to you about? He also told me the chemistry between you guys. He described as respectful and fire. Yeah. Respectful fire. Respectful fire. That's a cool combination. Yeah. So talk to me from your point of view. How did you guys create that chemistry? How did we create that respectful fire? That respectful fire. It was like a band name. Chicago, we are respectful fire. I think it was I mean, the characters were well written. And I feel like it was really about creating these two people that were in this kind of very electric and vulnerable moment of deciding if they want to take things further. I like that line that you say to him about go further and get out. Yeah, I think it's a really interesting moment between two people. Because there's so many possibilities, there's so much vulnerability, you know, and so I feel like the specificity of that time in a relationship really helped kind of guide, you know, like, it's somewhere between like, fun and casual and not, you know, and that really gave us something to play. There's clearly a love between these two. Yeah. And you're at that kind of precedent is it definitely brought me back to my New York City dating days. Traumatizing, isn't it? I didn't want to say that. Negative. I saw the look in your eyes. Yeah. Yeah. Woman to woman. She was like, Yeah, I know. I know how that goes. Um, so happy birthday, Austin. Thank you. You are officially a cat daddy. So we brought you a gift. Wow. Cat daddy. I'm calling you that the rest of the press. Oh, that's very sweet. That's sweet. Wow. Cat daddy. Cat daddy. That's you. It's my favorite. Wow. That's really cool. Thank you. I like the sunglasses. It's cute, right? He's very cute. Did you have this made? No, we actually ordered it off of a major retailer. Obviously, millions of people. I'm gonna tell people this is one of a kind. It was very fun to see you guys play with this cat. Yeah, I'm glad you do. Thank you, cat daddy. Are you cat people? Do you own cats? I know you don't because you and I talked about this at Dune. And so I feel like we're continuing to manifest this. Is anyone going? Do you have a cat? I don't have a cat. Okay. I am very niche actors that specifically only plays characters that loves and has. Yeah. Yeah. Um, but I don't know. I don't have any pets. But mostly because I travel too much. Although cats are independent and can take care of themselves. Yeah. Which is like a line out of Batman. Get me. I don't know. Is that actually? No, I don't have. Did you enjoy working with this cat? Like who was your cat whisperer? We got closer to it. Well, you had more time. Well, yeah. It's unfair. It's an unfair competition. Because I, I did. Because he's cat daddy. Yeah. We got very close. Tonic and me. You did? Yeah. Darren. What else did Darren say? So he told me. What did he say? He told me you auditioned many cats for this role. He had them come in. Yeah. Try on different outfits. Yes. You know, read their lines. He also told me that he had, I don't know if you guys know this, he had a dream about a house burning down on fire. And that's when he knew to cast you both. What? Yeah, that's the most random. He told me. What is Darren doing in his interview? Is he hallucinating? Wait, I'm sorry. He said he had a dream with us both in it? No, just he was thinking about casting you both. And the dream was a house burning down on fire. He woke up and he knew that this was the right casting. The respectful fire. The respectful fire. He has never told me. Yeah, I'm going to, I'm going to fact, I need to fact check that. You guys need to talk to him about this. That is amazing. I've never heard this. You'll never believe it. Is he just making stuff up at this point? I don't know. He might need to be like compelling. Yeah, yeah. Even though he's compelling as is. He's very compelling. Also, as I mentioned, it's your birthday. Very good to celebrate. It's Leo season. How Leo are you? How Leo am I? How Leo are you? Yeah, I mean, yeah. I don't know. I feel like you're pretty Leo. Yeah, it's like I'm shy. Yeah, a little bit of both. Yeah. And you have like lion energy. Yeah. He looks like a lion. Yeah. Like when you see it, you can't unsee it. Yes. That's amazing. Zoe, I know that you have a love for music and you're very musical. You, of course, wrote and collaborated with Taylor. Are you as excited as I am for lighting the show for all? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Come on. Yeah. I mean, it's it's amazing to watch her put out an album. She puts so much into it. It's such a vision overall. And yeah, it's always amazing watching your friends do amazing stuff. She's such a visionary every time she does. I mean, I'm a Swifty. So like I'm one of those people she does. I'm like, how did she come up with this? I go crazy. Are you Swifty? I went to the airs and it blew my mind. Yes. I was so impressed. She's Cat Daddy. She's Cat Daddy. She's real. Definitely. She's yeah. Yeah. I'll take number two. Yeah. No, that was amazing. I was so blown away. And then I went home that night and I watched a documentary. Right after? Yeah. There's a lot of Taylor in one day. And I was like, I had real respect. And and also in the documentary. I don't know if there's just one. I'm talking about the one that one of the where she's very vulnerable and she talks about. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I feel so. Yeah. Yeah. Like I maybe care a lot for. Yeah. Yeah. You guys are amazing. This is such a good project. I can't wait for everyone to see especially New Yorkers. Yeah. Pretty New York. I was like, I want to go to that bar. Yeah. He's a real thing. So it's a fun one. I agree. And as the Hasidic Jewish God, like, it's just so good. Oh, yeah. I love this. Thank you. I'm like obsessed with him and like him. Oh, yeah. Yeah. He's amazing. Oh, no. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He's amazing.