Austin Butler shows off ripped transformation after secret health struggles
The US actor, 34, told the magazine about his string of worrying health concerns after dedicating three years to embodying Elvis Presley for Baz Luhrmann's 2022 epic, including a hospitalisation for appendicitis-like pain and a moment of temporary blindness while on-board a plane in which he 'genuinely thought I was dying.'
Butler, who won a Golden Globe for the dazzling film, said he embarked on a health journey in the aftermath to better care for his mind and body, upping his training schedule, cramming more calories into his diet and focusing on his mental wellbeing.
During Elvis ' awards season, Butler weighed just 68kg when he began meeting with Darren Aronofsky, who produces and directs the actor's upcoming film, Caught Stealing.
Within six months, he'd put on 11kg.
'For a long time, I felt that it [preparing for a role] had to be a tortured process, and I would come out the other side broken,' he told the outlet.
'Rather than just putting parts of yourself away and trying to pretend that they don't exist, it's like going into the gross bits of yourself — going into the bits that you don't want to look at — and finding a way of integrating that into the whole.'
For Caught Stealing, a crime thriller, Butler plays Henry 'Hank' Thompson, a former baseball player who becomes engulfed in the criminal underworld of New York.
Butler was trained by Beth Lewis, who was also responsible for getting Australian actor Hugh Jackman in shape for Deadpool & Wolverine.
Lewis took to Instagram with a video of Butler's intense workouts in the gym, saying it was a 'highlight to watch the change in his body and mindset.'
'He got SUPER freaking strong in the process,' Lewis wrote.
'The first clops were from March 2024. By September, he was crushing it!'
While his filming schedule is more packed than ever, with a staggering eight projects currently in pre and post production, Butler told the outlet he's found a happy place with work where it's not so all-consuming.
He said he learned handy tools from The Bikeriders co-star Tom Hardy, the latter of whom managed to sleep soundly at night by going home from set, putting on a weighted vest and doing 1,000 box jumps.
'I'm just trying to find little things like that,' Butler said, adding it was often 'the mundane little things' that helped, including a moment of peace in the sun on his balcony or phoning a friend.
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