Austin Butler had to choose between Top Gun Maverick and Quentin Tarantino

The Australian actor wanted to star in a film by the Pulp Fiction director “for so long” that he said no to Tom Cruise.

How to choose between Tom Cruise And Quentin Tarantino ? It is a dilemma to which Austin Butler faced before being nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Elvis. The young actor has become a world star since the King’s tone stuck to his vocal cords.

During an interview in the podcast Happy Sad Confused, to which the actor was invited to promote the new Apple TV+ series, Masters of the Airhe confirms having been approached to star in the blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick.

“I ended up having to choose between going to the audition for Top Gun: Maverick or say yes to Quentin Tarantino“, he explains.

Remember, Austin Butler plays Tex Watson, a key character in the (Charles) Manson family as well as in the fate of Sharon Tate in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. The actor wanted to work with the director of pulp Fiction“for so long”, that he couldn’t let another project get in his way. Even if this one was worn by superstar Tom Cruise.

“I had already met Tarantino, so I made the film “, found Austin Butler.

In hindsight, was he right to exclude the aerial project from his field of vision? Despite the enormous success of this blockbuster, the answer is yes! Denise Chamiancasting director of Top Gun: Maverick And Elvisrevealed to Variety that the team of Top Gun considered Austin Butler as too young for the proposed role (ultimately played by Miles Teller). It is nevertheless thanks to this opportunity that Denise Chamian got hold of the one who was going to play the King in Elvis.

“At that moment, I saw that this actor had something very special, that the others didn’t necessarily have, she justifies. It’s that way he looks at the camera. He knows the camera and lets it film him, and that’s really what was captivating (in his auditions).”

The diffusion of Masters of the Air is available on the AppleTV+ platform. Austin Butler will also soon return to the cinema as an antagonist in Dune: Second Part 2. See you on February 28.

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