Originally appeared on E! Online

Austin Butler believes in practicality.

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And the Oscar nominee’s forward thinking led to some interesting antics on the set of his new film "Caught Stealing," including spending the night on set in just his underwear.

“I had a night where I had to get up early the next day,” Butler exclusively told E! News at the film’s New York City premiere Aug. 26, “and it seemed like there was a cozy bed that I could sleep in.”

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The 34-year-old joked, “Might as well.”

But as Butler explained, it’s not as if he was sleeping in an actual apartment where they were filming the Darren Aronofsky -directed movie, which hits theaters Aug. 29.

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