Austin Butler practicing shooting… for Heat 2?

The Elvis and Dune 2 actor seems very comfortable in this exercise. Is he already ready to succeed Val Kilmer?

After months of rumors, Michael Mann confirmed this fall that he hoped that Heat 2 or his next film. Now that Ferrari was released, this adaptation of great novel co-written with Meg Gardiner, which he published last summer, would therefore be the priority of the 81-year-old filmmaker. So when Austin Butlerfan favorite for playing the younger version of Val Kilmerpractices reloading a gun before shooting accurately, fans of Heat are panicking…

Heat 2 casting is very complicated to do according to Michael Mann

let's remember that Heat 2 will be both a prequel and a sequel to the first film. The story, published last August, follows Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro), Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer) and Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) in the years leading up to the police saga set in Los Angeles. She takes readers to Chicago in 1988, when McCauley, Shiherlis and their high-powered team landed on the West Coast, on the U.S.-Mexico border and Chicago. At the same time, Hanna cuts her teeth as a rising star on the Chicago police force chasing an ultra-violent gang. The book then tells what happens to the characters (those who survived) in the years following the plots of the 1995 thriller which became a classic of the genre.

To play McCauley in the prequel scenes, Mann reportedly set his sights on Adam Driver, 40, with whom he got along very well on Ferrari. For the role of Lieutenant Hanna, Pacino has already proposed Timothée Chalamet, 28 years old, and for that of Shiherlis, the name that comes up the most is that of Austin Butler, 32 years old. For the moment, nothing official has been announced regarding this casting, but it is true that Butler and Kilmer share a certain resemblance.

This video shared this weekend panics fans of Heatgiven that we see the flagship actor ofElvis very comfortable with this type of training: he reloads a weapon as quickly as possible, then draws while turning around and shoots at targets that are more or less close together. Under his cap, with his determined look, the similarities with his model are striking.

The video was shared on the Instagram account of Taran Tactical Innovations, a company specializing in shooting training with different firearms, which regularly works on Hollywood projects: several photos and videos from behind the scenes of the saga John Wick are notably present on this same account. The context of Austin Butler's training is not specified, but his gestures are indeed reminiscent of the type of rehearsals made for an action thriller. It was enough to revive the rumors surrounding his participation in Heat 2which even before its filming is made official, is already one of the most anticipated films of the moment.

Austin Butler can currently be found in the second part of Dune, which has just been released in cinemas. Here is its trailer:

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