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Hanging Poolside at Comic-Con with Austin Butler

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Once upon a time, before he was taking the world by storm and swiveling his hips in the lead role of Baz Luhrmann's much-anticipated 'Elvis' movie, Austin Butler was a fresh-faced star on the rise who had just landed his first major breakout role in MTV's fantasy series "The Shannara Chronicles", and he hung out with the Young Hollywood crew poolside during Comic-Con in San Diego to tell us more about his experience at the yearly mega-convention, including revealing what career he would have chosen if he had never become an actor!

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Young Hollywood

Austin Butler's presenting a fandom? I think so. That was in the media alert. We'll ask him if that's true. Hopefully, it's true. After all the stress and rushing, we finally made it. We rushed there and we got there. This is Young Hollywood, right? Yeah, this is Young Hollywood. All right. Sit down, man. Hang out.

Austin Butler

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

Are you hungry?

Austin Butler

No, I'm good. I just I just had. I just had. It's like 12 hours old.

Young Hollywood

Austin Butler, what do you know about him? He is a heartthrob, girls. He's actually really good looking. Sounds like you got a little crush on this guy. Man crush. I think about our spot that we're interviewing you here, though. I've never done an interview in this fashion before. Don't. Poolside with food. Yeah, there's just cameras moving, and we got chicken wings and food. Let's walk to the pool. Let's walk to the pool. We've had pronouncing the name of the show every time. The Shanara Chronicles. Shanara Chronicles. Shanara Chronicles. You're half human, half elf. Yeah, should we get out of the sun? Yeah, it's really sunny. We're gonna see see the view we had. So you're still a heartthrob with elf ears.

Austin Butler

I don't know how heartthrobby it is.

Young Hollywood

He got this blonde hair from Southern California, right? That's right. They breed these heartthrobs down here. How's Comic Con been for you?

Austin Butler

Comic Con has been fantastic. I mean, I arrived this morning. I've been up since like 4:30. I'm delirious, but I'm here. And I get to hang out This is our first thing we've had to eat all day.

Young Hollywood

This is the first thing you've had to eat all day. Man, do you think we can maybe get like a snack for me? I haven't had anything to eat all day. I'll pay for it. Shrimp cocktail. Lobster. I don't even care. Have you ever done the outfit where you dress up and hang out with everybody?

Austin Butler

I I spent two years building it, I mean, perfecting this orc costume from Lord of the Rings. I sewed it. I did the prosthetics myself.

Young Hollywood

So you're like one of the people who actually like gets serious about it. Like you build your own thing.

Austin Butler

Before I was an actor, I thought I wanted to be a prosthetics makeup artist.

Young Hollywood

Oh, wow. That's cool. That is awesome. Austin Butler. I would love to make my own personal prosthetic mask. Tony likes silicone. Who doesn't like silicone? Can I try on a prosthetic mask?

Austin Butler

Sure. Well, this guy looks like he's going through some It's a little aggressive. So it's really stretchy. So you're gonna just stretch it up and really wide till it's over your face. Does it? I guess you would know better than I would. I only felt a few.

Young Hollywood

Oh my god. How's that? Can you see? No. It's it's cool. Tony, I mean, just admit to everyone you just wanted to kiss girls. You don't need a mask to do that. Cuz everyone here is in costume. Like everyone's just like walking around. Yeah. You know, last year they had the Jurassic Park World dinosaurs that were moving around. I I loved those so much. We gotta wrap up. All right. So much fun at Comic Con. He's so good to me. You know, we forgot to ask Austin Butler questions, Racy. What do we forget? He's presenting us this thing. Oh, no. Fandom of the year goes to Teen Wolf!

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Austin Butler

    Featured guest and actor

  • Baz Luhrmann

    Director of 'Elvis' movie

  • Tony

    Interviewer/host

  • Racy

    Interviewer/host

FAQ

What TV series was Austin Butler promoting at Comic-Con?+
Austin Butler was promoting MTV's fantasy series "The Shannara Chronicles" where he played a half-human, half-elf character.
What other career did Austin Butler consider before acting?+
Before becoming an actor, Austin Butler considered a career as a prosthetics makeup artist, and he even built an orc costume for Comic-Con.
Where was the interview with Austin Butler conducted?+
The interview with Austin Butler was conducted poolside during Comic-Con in San Diego.
What award was Austin Butler presenting at Comic-Con?+
Austin Butler was presenting the Fandom of the Year award, which ultimately went to Teen Wolf.

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