Austin Butler has proved himself something of a savant at playing aloof beauties like the impulsive Benny in The Bikeriders , the cultish internet grifter Vernon in Eddington , the sociopathic princeling Feyd-Rautha in Dune: Part Two , or Elvis — men whose vacancy only enhances their undeniable magnetism. But in Darren Aronofsky’s new ’90s-set crime comedy Caught Stealing , Butler plays a character who doesn’t get the benefit of being perceived primarily from a distance, and it’s a fascinatingly terrible fit. He’s Hank Thompson, a former baseball phenom who never got a chance to go pro and who fled small-town California for New York City, where he has been hiding out in a bottle while working as a bartender ever since. You can see the star Hank was convinced he would become

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