What will Austin Butler do now?

Austin can get a job as an usher at next year's Golden Globes.

Maybe he'll become a character actor and work on his acting.

Well he's in the next Dune as well as the Masters of Air series so obviously they want him to happen fast.

OP is the poster who has an irrational hate-on for Austin Butler, who's done nothing to piss anyone off. Get a fucking life.

Will he stop talking like Elvis now?

R4 and his mother and Austin Butler all suck cocks in hell!!

Doesn't he have a thick long veiny pale cock, even when soft?

Angela Bassett held his hand while his name was announced for Best Actor nominee.

He's just getting started. If JLC and Brendan can win Oscars there is certainly hope for Austin. Now, who is he anyway?

I'm sure he'll be fine. Maybe he'll play Lisa Marie Presley in her film biopic.

R10, Timothee will play her.

Angela Bassett and Austin Butler announced this morning that she will be playing Norma Desmond and Butler will be playing Joe Gillis in the still-upcoming ALW movie 'Sunset Boulevard'.

Timmy will get an Oscar before Austin.

Just watch.

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I mean... Timothée Chalamet is apparently an A-list actor and a very attractive man who is a fashion icon. Apparently.

So Butler will probably do fine in Hollywood's sea of mediocrity and be foisted on the world. Hollywood never did understood the old adage of flogging a dead horse.

*Dead horse see Timothée Chalamet...

R5, I'll try to address your foolishness seriously.

If Austin were still sounding like Elvis, this is how he would be speaking:

R15, You do know they are the prime antagonists in "Dune: 2," do you not?

Yes I do R17. That was the context of my post.

Well, I'm dense, so if you could expound a bit?

In any event, I think Austin will do just fine henceforth. Or maybe not! Maybe he can make a big teary-eyed comeback and win an Oscar!

I think my language was a bit too flowery R17. I'll expound as requested.

Chalamet is insipid box office poison. Loved only by Hollywood insiders and imposed on the rest of us despite repeated failures - failure after failure of box office bombs.

Butler will be the same as Chalamet.

Dune will be a success because of fans of the story who will watch anything they can get. The success will not be because of either of them.

That said - I enjoyed the first Dune. In spite of Chalamet. In the same way I watched War of the Worlds and did my best to ignore Tom Cruise.

Chalamet is a movie-killer.

Austin is an up and coming film star, his acting is good, and he has a good future ahead of him.

Meeting Prince William.

Ah. I thought, r20, that you were contrasting the two actors, whereas you were equating them.

Thank you. I disagree with you about both, but the proverbial time will tell.

I forgot to add that "Elvis" was a Box Office smash.

Only $600m behind BohemianRhapsody which was a true smash. Elvis was closer to Rocketman in quality and box office.

Who?

Baz Luhrman should put together a stable of his fave performers like Woody Allen did in the past. He can continue to work with Austin B, Nicole K, Ewan Mc etc.

I’d never really paid much attention to Baz before until last night. He’s an interesting looking fellow I must say.

[quote] I disagree with you about both, but the proverbial time will tell.

No problems and thanks for your response R24 - but the proof about Chalamet is already out there in black and white. Box office poison. Dune 2021 was a success at $108.3 million because it was Dune - not because of Chalamet.

I feel sure that Butler will follow closely in Chalamet's footsteps. Let's see if I'm right. I may not be but I feel like we will see the same career trajectory. Like I said - Hollywood LOVE to flog a dead horse no matter what.

His face is terrifying R29. Worse than Madonna.

I feel like the Oscars usually hurt careers instead of fuel them.

Marion Cotillard is someone I can think of who really benefited from her Oscar win.

A lot of actresses like Sandra, Halle, Reese, Nicole, Renee, and Charlize all had a horrible drought after their Oscar wins.

Austin will become a tour guide at Graceland.

I just saw his VF after-party look and thought he looked great--the right way to do femme-masculine (and he's got the build for it).

Everything above the neck is a big no, though.

I think that Austin looks like a young Barry Bostwick……. He played Tex Watson in Once Upon A T ime in Hollywood. …. He was nominated for Elvis. Was he supposed to be super edgy and douchey and not promote it and not be proud of it? Was he not supposed to go to the nominees luncheon or the Golden Globes? …. Even if he never does another big thing again he has done more than I have done in the last 20 years. Can you imagine the sick feeling of “Now What?” He has today?

R26, Box Offices were nowhere near similar.

"Rocketman" = $125 M.

"Elvis" = $287 M.--- Second ONLY TO "Bohemian Rhapsody," a super-nova with a Box Office probably never to be surpassed. IOW, in the world of the mere novas, "Elvis" might never be surpassed.

As for your second assertion, quality: Though one could argue that it, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, we might determine quality by professional accolades.

"Rocketman" = 1 Oscar nomination, 1 win. Best Original Song (by Elton and Bernie, duh!). No "Best Actor" nomination.

"Elvis" = 8 Oscar nominations, including "Best Actor." No wins.

Wait until the Madonna biopic comes out. It will blow Bohemian Rhapsody out of the water as silicone is wont to do.

He's an actor, and he's mine.

Chickenhawk Sharon Stone was spotted getting his number.

Looking at R34's photo, he is so trying to steal Timmy's schtick.

But Timmy does it better.

I don't think these 2 ended on good terms 😬

Wow, R41.

Vanessa's a real bitch.

Not even a "Congratulations on your nomination."

That would have been the professional and adult thing to do.

Austin looked disappointed that she just walked right by him.

R42 i don't really see how that makes Vanessa a bitch but ok.

Is the Yellow Skin Troll interested?

R41, That is exactly what Tom Cruise wanted to avoid with Nicole Kidman if he had attended.

Particularly, r42, when she was almost effusive in interviewing Baz and CM.

The scene looks like it was the car arrival area. VH walked into the zone, glanced up, saw AB, quickly put her head down "looking at her phone," and walked on by-y-y. Austin was cool, but his lips went from a smile to closed tight and he ever so slightly moved his eyes to keep her in his peripheral vision. Once beyond, Austin turned to look.

The one hug that eluded him.

If anything he'll be the next Taron Egerton.

R47, You'll notice Taron wasn't nominated for an Academy Award.

R20: Chalamet's days are numbered. He now barely meets the minimum of what might be called attractive and Wonka won't exactly light up at the box office.

Poor Ruth, at r19. Her legs aren’t suited for a short dress.

Why zero in on whether or not Austin will be successful, and moreover, according to your own measure?

Look how everyone can't stop applauding and cheering the EEAAO Hippity-Hopping BSA. How long did it take him to get to this point? Bill Nighy, first Oscar nomination at age 73. Richard Burton never won an Oscar, amongst other deserving actors.

So if Austin gets another nomination 40 years from now or never again, he will be in good company.

From the 2022 movie debut at Cannes to now, though, he has gone from normal to Euro-slim to gaunt. Add in his obvious buccal fat removal, and he's not looking his best. Whoever is advising Austin needs instead to feed him.

R50, Ruth?

Make sure to click on the link at r19 to see the full magazine cover, because what you see here is only the inner cover. Austin is the central figure.

Austin seems like a nice guy and I liked him as Elvis.

I think I just saw him walk past me holding a "will talk in southern accent for food" sign.

Chalamet is a Will Smith supporter. Enough said.

[quote] Is the Yellow Skin Troll interested?

Why do you ask?

He’ll be dead in Dune like Sting.

Yes, r57; that is a major plot point: The hero slays his antagonist. Are you new to "stories"?

P.S. You also know that Fraser's Charlie dies in "The Whale," right?

R59 just saved me $19.99.

I just hope he goes away. He's been utterly intolerable this Oscars season/post Elvis.

Austin Butler is sexy and hot.

However, in his Oscar pics he’s beginning to look emaciated. I’m getting Karen Carpenter vibes. He needs a Whopper in his diet.

I just noticed he was wearing high heels. I guess he's not that tall.

R61, Why do you follow his media appearances, then? Are you into masochism?

R63, Austin is 6' tall, as can readily be discerned in photos when he is in regular shoes.

Are you aware of "trends" in fashion? It's a regular occurrence.

"Cum on an Academy Award nominee's face for $500"

I think Butler's future is bright. He conducted himself like a true gentleman this whole awards season. He is not a smarmy, attention-seeker like Timothee.

Go away!

For you, r28. Baz:

I hope Austin and Colin get nominated again and win, more likely for Best Supporting Actor roles.

My opinion is he’s another mediocrity like Chalamet but I do get the sense he’s more well liked than Chalamet.

[quote] Austin Butler is sexy and hot.

I don't find him attractive at all.

Too skinny. He looks gross.

I don't find emaciated men to be attractive.

I like real men. Austin is not a real man.

^^ Yet, per your posts, R72, you seem to be quite fond of Tim O’Tay. Is that what you consider a real man?

I hope not the lead in the Gilbert Gottfried biopic.

[quote] Is the Yellow Skin Troll interested?

Why would the yellow skin troll be interested?

Quite cute

Rail thin young men do not need buccal fat removal! The look is natural to the genre.

R77, The thing was, though, that Austin wasn't always "rail thin."

At some point in his 20s he decided/was persuaded to (by his "best friend and agent" James Farrell, whom he met at 17?) that future success beyond Disney and the CW Network required a make-over of his teeth, face, and physique.

And up to now, his Oscar loss notwithstanding because he will always have, like Paris, "Oscar-nominated," Austin has been right.

If that is the pre, than something has gone wrong. Aspiring Hollywood Leading men put on muscle and try for a bland masculine attractiveness. He had the raw material, back then. Where did it go?

If I came across R72’s pic without a caption, I would never have guessed that it was Austin Butler.

He’s barely recognizable in that earlier photo.

Thin may be a thing for the ladies in their Hollywood endeavors, or if you’re a twink, but that cardboard thinness isn’t a leading man look.

She tried it.

R80 here. I meant R78.

[R50] How long is the recovery period from "buccal fat removal"? This guy has been in the public eye almost daily.

[R78] He did a junket, awards season campaign, and 2 movies back to back within 1 week -- all in the last 10 months. Every fan, reporter, or pap gets his full attention and small talk. No way he's not running on fumes.

As for his agent picking up the snarks here and there, James Farrell claimed to have put Tom Holland and the Son of Denzel in prime time jobs -- both before they're truly ready, IMO. Same with Butler, an insane career upgrade. He' a superagent of networking.

Between Chalamet and Butler, Lily Rose Depp has gone on inexplicable to some lead roles. This Gerber girl seems like some powerful people's bet on a white Zendaya, IMO.

This kid is not leading role material. No animal magnetism. He'll have a middling career with each role getting less and less significant as the years go by.

Oh, r84. You are definitely not a female! Do you think people saw "Elvis" multiple, even many multiple, times because they loved the real Elvis? Or Baz's style? Or....well, anything or anyone else BESIDES AUSTIN??

Don't kid yourself.

R83, You meant r51, moi. I didn't say Austin just had the procedure. He's been changing his appearance over years.

Austin has been working for many years and has quite a following from Disney.

Robert Pattinson lite

Austin “Imma Good Boy” Butler is fucking annoying and will fade out in 3-5 years. A good run for any actor.

His voice change is a huge deal among fans and non-fans alike, which I didn’t realize until recently. I thought it was just a DL thing, but then I did a few Google and YT searches and the topic is front and center to his current fame.

There’s quite a few “before and after” videos of his voice and the difference is obvious, which leads me to wonder, how does one manage to consistently change the pitch of your voice and sustain it throughout lengthy interviews and casual conversations without it “cracking” back to its natural tone? That must take enormous amount of practice.

Whatever the case, him deliberately altering the tone of his voice doesn’t bother me as much as it does others. He’s an actor and their world revolves around curating their brand, which would include your manner of speaking.

Everything he does is so affected, before or after.

He’s nuts and will get heavily into the drink. 🥃🔮

Austin Butler is a talented goodlooking young man, he'll have a long illustrious film show business career ahead of him, it will be stellar and epic, just wait... :-)

R92 is Sharon Stone enjoying a Camel cigarette with Austin’s boygoo still dripping from her dry cooze.

I didn't realize until recently he had a prominent role in ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD. He played Tex, the skinny guy who lived on the manson ranch and brought the Manson girls to Cielo drive to kill Sharon Tate...He's the guy in the last big action scene with Brad Pitt where Pitt executes them one by one.

He is playing the villain in Dune 2. Huge paycheck. More than most of us will earn in the next 20 years. Smart move. Ties him up for a while and there's zero pressure on him to perform at box office with that one. It could make $20 and nobody will blame him.

Very standard for an actor like that to do a villain role before jumping into leading man in studio movies. Actors do the villain role on the way up and the way down if being a studio system leading man has not worked for several movies in a row. He might have played ELVIS, but Elvis was the star of Elvis. Austin Butler didn't sell any tickets. Audiences probably got to learn a LOT more about him as a personality through awards season than through the movie and its promotion last summer. We'll see what happens. He will work forever and for an actor, that's the holy grail. Being a superstar doesn't work out well for many. He might be better off just doing movies and TV.

R94, You had me until "Austin Butler didn't sell any tickets." Thst is flat-out wrong. If there were a level beyond "wrong" it would be that.

You need to check some/many fan sites/threads/Twitter/Tik-Tok etc. I am telling you, people (okay, maybe mostly women, but who knows?) went to theaters and paid theater ticket prices MULTIPLE, often double-digit multiple, 4 times to watch Austin "in concert," especially in the early era where it really is Austin himself singing; to see Austin's face fill the entire screen; and to see Austin show a range of emotions.

Yes, as Elvis, but the real Elvis in concert and movies is readily available and accessible. For free. At home.

No. "Elvis" sold---second in music biopics (yes, past Jamie and Joaquin and every other musician portrayal) only to the untouchable "Bohemian Rhapsody"---IN SPITE OF Baz's style; IN SPITE OF Tom Hanks' much-derided CTP; IN SPITE OF Elvis the performer having been made into both legend and laughingstock---BECAUSE of Austin Butler.

Dyin' on this hill, I am.

Don't know why there's a "4" above; ignore!

Also, re: playing a villain. He's Feyd-Rautha in "Dune: 2."

R92 is Kimberly Guilfoyle.

Shouldn’t the thread title be “WHO will Austin Butler do now?”

I crushed on him for a handful of weeks last summer. Never seen any of his work but saw his name in DL and checked out interviews, videos, etc. My interest fizzled quickly. Nothing against him, he seems to be a decent guy but just not that interesting and I reverted to my natural preference, I'm not into blondes.

I then watched Elvis and found it interminable. And I had mixed feelings about his acting. Was it good because he mimicked Elvis well in the music scenes? Or was it truly a great performance. How could I tell with luhrmann's highly stylized and quick cut approach? Was it any better than Jonathan rhys Meyers' tv performance when you consider the vast budget difference and size of the screens?

I wish him well in any case. Maybe he'll blow me away in dune 2. Why would anyone root against an actor unless they are truly awful people and/or performers. I thought all the vitriol about his voice, his ex-relationship with Vanessa hudgens, etc was so stupid. How does that shit affect your life? And I hate how an actor's work or talent is judged by these contrived annoyances. If he was a predator or abuser ok, but the timber of his voice?

If his success means the end of Chalamet's, I'm all for it. On the other hand, we'd just be stuck with another mediocre white boy. We lose either way but I'll support his success if it erodes Chalamet's.

^^ Butler is the lesser of two evils, but at least he doesn’t necessitate directors relying on an ensemble cast to shore up someone’s extremely limited acting abilities. Tim O’Tay simply can’t carry a film.

When you compare Shamalet’s career track to young, aspiring actors of the past such Joseph Gordon Levitt, Anton Yelchin, DiCaprio, and countless others, he simply does not deserve the accolades being heaped upon him.

His contrived charm, his PR people, and his agent have made him a paper tiger of an actor.

Why does every young actor thread always end up about chalamet? Damn, you should be collecting rent from him with the way he's living in your head.

^^ Whatever, didactic one. That he lives rent-free in my head based on a single comment is an ignorant assumption.

He’s mentioned frequently in young actor threads because, well, he’s a young actor. Do you not see that?

He’s made quite a name for himself through his fan pandering, his fashion statements, and his roles in a wide (sometimes controversial) variety of films, so he’s going to be mentioned eventually.

If a thread goes on long enough about male actors, Chalamet’s (Godwin’s) Law comes into play, so please, unclench, if you can help it.

Moreover, "What will Austin Butler do next?" pretty much requires a response about his being in "Dune: 2," starring......Timothee Chalamet.

Beyond Dune what is there?

He has the Masters of the Air series coming out now, doesn't he? I wonder how many will check that out, it seems too broey and like homework to me.

Austin Buttface's collapse is complete.

He'll never be...... anything.

Will Austin Butler be watching the Academy Awards from his 1 bedroom apartment, this year?

What a difference a year makes.

One year, he's on the red carpet, the next year he's watching the show from his couch in his underwear.

I can't with him and wish he disappeared into the obscurity whence he came, but he does look insanely cool in the Dune trailer, which I think will do wonders for his career.

He looks grotesque in Dune 2.

Very creepy. Like his Elvis accent.

His muscles in Dune look awesome, I'd fuck the shit out of that character. Reminds me a bit of the vapours I got when I saw that Engineer alien in Prometheus for the first time.

He looks disturbing in Dune 2, but that's probably the point.

Move to Austin and become a butler.