Austin Butler has built quite the career for himself in recent years and has built up a huge fan base, but the actor admits he’s still starstruck.
While promoting his latest film The Bikeriders, in TodayThe Golden Globe winner, 32, told host Savannah Guthrie about an actor he was too shy to talk to after what could have been a spontaneous meeting.
“I was telling the story of how Ryan Gosling wowed me recently,” he said.
“It’s when you don’t expect to see someone,” she said, adding, “so I saw him outside a hotel I was staying at and I had to go in through another door, I couldn’t say ‘hello.'”
“I grew up admiring him a lot, so… I love that feeling,” the Dune: Part Two star admitted.
Austin Butler has built quite the career for himself in recent years and has built a huge fan base, but the 32-year-old actor admits he’s still starstruck. The actor has admitted in interviews that he is “dazzled” by Ryan Gosling, 43.
The naturally shy Elvis star opened up about her admiration for The Fall Guy star in an interview with The story so far of BBC Radio One.
He began by describing a recent encounter with three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep.
“I was very nervous, but someone, Judd Apatow of all people, made it easy for me to go up to her and say hello. And we talked for a while and she was very sweet.”
“You know, someone I’ve never met is Ryan Gosling,” the Masters of the Air star admitted, “and I really admired him a lot… I have a lot of respect for him.”
The former Disney star said he and Gosling, another Mouse House alum, “had the same kind of trajectory at a very young age.”
He explained that projects like Blue Valentine and Lars and the Real Girl “came out right at the time when I was starting to really appreciate acting and movies… It really hit me.”
At the end of the interview, film critic Ali Plumb said, “We’ll get you Ryan Gosling’s phone number.”
“There you go,” Butler said, “my heart skipped a beat hearing you say that.”
In an interview to promote The Bikeriders, Butler told Today show’s Savannah Guthrie that she saw Gosling outside a hotel where they were both staying, “but I had to go in through another door, I couldn’t say ‘hello'” (in the photo, in Los Angeles, June 17). )
Both Butler and Gosling are former Disney stars and “had the same kind of trajectory at a very young age” when they started acting.
Butler, who has several movies lined up, explained that Gosling’s projects like Blue Valentine and Lars and the Real Girl “came out” right around the time I was starting to really appreciate acting and movies… I really like him. impact.”
The versatile actor has several projects lined up, including the recently completed Eddington, with Oscar winner Emma Stone and Pedro Pascal.
The film’s plot has been kept under wraps, so fans will have to wait until its planned 2025 release to find out more.
Butler also signed on to star in the crime thriller Caught Stealing with director Darren Aronofsky.
He will also headline the action adventure City on Fire.