Austin Butler is crediting actors like Tom Hardy and Laura Dern for pulling him away from method acting. In a new Men’s Health cover story to promote his upcoming thriller Caught Stealing, directed by Darren Aronofsky,

Austin Butler will always be known for going full Method actor over three years to play Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's 2021 biopic, which resulted in the Oscar nominee’s hospitalization once production wrapped and Butler’s “body shut down.