Can you believe it has been three years since Austin Butler’s Method acting left him with a semipermanent Elvis accent ? While Butler toned down his technique to play villain Feyd-Rautha in Dune: Part Two because it would be “unhealthy for my family and friends,” it looks like he returned to his immersive approach for his new film, Caught Stealing . Dare I say it sounds … kind of fun?

In a new interview with Variety , Butler said that to sink deeper into his character, Hank, an ex-baseball player turned barkeeper, he decided to sleep on the set that was his character’s East Village apartment. “For one night, I had the whole apartment to myself,” Butler said. “I played music, I danced around, and I ate Chinese food in there. It made me feel like I really lived there. I slept

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