After missing out on an Academy Awards for his portrayal of Elvis, Austin Butler is trying his luck portraying another tragically romantic figure: a long-suffering San Francisco Giants fan.
Butler is starring in “Caught Stealing,” a film from Oscar-nominated director Darren Aronofsky that is due to hit theaters Aug. 29. Butler plays Hank Thompson, a former baseball player who — according to IMDb — “unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City.”
He’s also apparently a massive Giants fan.
On Tuesday, Vanity Fair published a story on the upcoming film that featured a number of first look photos from the movie set in 1998 — several of which featured Giants paraphernalia from the dark, pre-World Series days.