-Austin, we love you. Thanks for coming back
to the show. -I'm so happy to see you. -This is our 10th anniversary
of our "Tonight Show." -Congratulations.
-Thank you, bud. -That's so exciting.
-I was gonna ask you, what were you doing
10 years ago? Do you remember?
-10 years ago, I was living in New York.
I just moved to New York. I was doing a show
called "The Carrie Diaries." [ Cheers and applause ] -Oh, yeah. That was like -- -It was a
"Sex and the City" prequel. -That's right.
-Yeah. -Wow.
-
Yeah. And so I was just loving New York and living here, but always having these dreams of playing certain
types of characters and -- And my dreams have all kind of
come true lately. -I mean, "Dune."
Congratulations on "Dune 2." Can I just read
some reviews real quick? They say, "A triumph,"
"Incredible filmmaking." "I feel like I understand how
everyone felt seeing 'Star Wars' for the first time
back in 1977." Uh, "The scale is dynamic, and Butler's portrayal is
wildly hypnotic and menacing." "
This is greatness
on every level." -Wow. Wow. [ Cheers and applause ]
That's wild. -That's pretty cool.
-That's wild. -I mean, look at you.
It doesn't even look -- Look at you.
-Look at that. -Oh, my gosh. -Look at that.
-That is -- It's frightening.
It's frightening. You're scary in this.
-Demonic look. -It really is. You do a fantastic job.
I heard that the director, uh, told you that --
described your character as "a psychopath swordmaster
mixed with Mick Jagger." -Right.
[ Laughter ] -I don'
t know the Mick part,
but... -Yeah, you don't see
Mick in that dude. -No, I don't see --
-You know, the interesting thing was Mick was gonna play the part
in Jodorowsky's "Dune," which they called
"the greatest film never made." And so -- and then Sting
obviously played the part in David Lynch's.
-Oh, that's right. -Yeah.
-Have you -- did you ever -- -I met him last night. -You met Sting?
-I met Sting last night. He came to the premiere.
It was so surreal. -He came to the premiere
of "Dune"? Tha
t's awesome that he did that! -I was --
My mind was blown. -He's a cool dude, man.
-He's the best. -Did you -- What did you --
-He's so cool. -Did you introduce yourself? -Yeah, yeah. Yeah,
he came up afterward, and he was so, so lovely
and just debonair. -Oh, he's a stud.
-And I asked him -- I asked him about it,
and he said he still has the codpiece
from the original one. He said he's gonna dry-clean it and let me wear it
if I want to. [ Laughter ]
-Did he really? That's a good dude. How did y
ou -- how did you
get into your character? I mean, it looks like you
just kind of went mental. -Yeah, yeah.
It was -- I mean, the thing
with a villainous character -- I never played a character
quite like it, and I didn't want to judge him.
So it was a lot of, you know, imagining what his childhood
was like and -- And, thankfully,
seeing the first film, you know, Stellan Skarsgard's
character, the Baron, -Oh, he's so creepy.
-He's so amazing. -It's -- It's the --
Honestly, it's sci-fi on the nex
t level, by the way. -So he became kind of --
Yeah, I just imagined what would it be like
growing up with him as my father and...
-But you're fantastic. And the action is awesome,
and the acting is just -- You're fantastic.
-Thank you. -You've seen the premiere. I'm assuming last night
you watched, or...? -I didn't watch last night,
actually. -You didn't?
-No, I was so jet-lagged, I kind of needed to go nod off.
-Yeah. Are you going -- Do you plan on watching it? -Yeah, I watched it.
I watched i
t in Mexico City. -Oh, you did.
-And that was surreal. There was 4,500 fans
in the audience. -Going crazy.
-And they were screaming. And I'd never been in a movie with that many people before.
It was incredible. -Are you one of those actors
that will just show up randomly and just stand in the back,
you're like, "Cool"? -Yeah, I did that with "Elvis."
I'd like, put a hat on and go in the back.
And it was -- -It's fun, right? -When you feel it
with an audience, it's the best. I can't wait to see
this
in IMAX. I haven't seen it in IMAX yet. -Well, I saw it on the screen. Everyone who was at
the screening went crazy. But you and your co-star
Zendaya, you both got your -- -She was supposed
to be here tonight. -I know, she's sick.
-She's sick. Her voice is completely gone. She said to send love.
-I felt so bad, yeah. -She was such a trooper, showing up at the premiere
last night. You'd never know she was sick.
She's such a queen. -I know. But you guys met
on the Disney Channel. -Well, we ki
nd of overlapped
at that time. -Oh, you never met.
-But we -- I think she reminded me of it
the other day. I'd completely forgotten. But we did this "Teen Vogue"
thing together as kids. -Yeah.
-And she brought that up to me. So you kind of met there?
-Yeah. -It's so funny you brought
that up because we actually found this.
-Oh! How about that! [ Laughter ] I haven't seen this.
I haven't seen -- -Get ready, get ready.
It's really good. It's from
a "Teen Vogue" photo shoot. It's Austin Butler and
Zendaya
doing interview by "Teen Vogue" in 2012.
Take a look at this. -Oh, God. ♪♪ I'm Austin Butler. -Hey, it's Zendaya,
and welcome to my "Teen Vogue" Young Hollywood shoot. -Probably could be cast
as any iconic role. -That's, like, impossible. -I could be the first
American James Bond. I would do it
with a British accent. [ Laughter, cheers, applause ] -Dude, yes! You should be
the first American James Bond! We love it!
-That's crazy. That's crazy.
-Dude, I love that that's -- -What was I thi
nking?
-That was your -- That was your dream back then.
You wanted -- -I grew up loving James Bond.
-Me, too! You got to do James Bond!
-No, he's gotta be British. -Come on!
-He's gotta. -No, no, no, no.
Change it up, man. You can do
whatever you want to do. You're Austin Butler, man.
I want to show everyone a clip. Here's Austin Butler
and Timothée Chalamet in "Dune: Part Two."
Take a look at this. -May thy knife chip and shatter. -May thy knife chip and shatter. -[ Grunts ] -Ooh!
-Ooh. [ Cheer
s and applause ] -You're good.
You're fantastic. Austin Butler, everybody! "Dune: Part Two" is in theater
and IMAX this Friday. Mark Ronson joins us
after the break. Stick around, everybody.
It's fun.
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