'That was the tricky part': Austin Butler had to balance The Bikeriders and Dune: Part Two

Austin Butler had to juggle his commitments on 'The Bikeriders' and 'Dune: Part Two'. The 32-year-old star plays Benny in the new film about about a Chicago motorcycle club and explained that he had to work on the project while also starring in the contrasting role of antagonist Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi sequel. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Austin said: "That was the tricky part to figure out.

I knew that I was going to do both films before I started 'Dune', but I had to figure out how to front-load the prep on 'Bikeriders' and start training on a motorcycle. "So I was getting used to those old motorcycles as I was doing the knife training and stuff for 'Dune', and then I put 'Bikeriders' on hold for a bit as I got closer to 'Dune'." Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.

The 'Elvis' star continued: "I got really invested in that, and then my schedule on 'Dune' allowed me to come back to the States for two weeks between blocks. "I shot for a month, and then I had two weeks off, and then I shot ('Dune') for another month, and then I had two weeks off, I went and did motorcycle training and then I went back to 'Dune'. "So once I got into filming ('The Bikeriders'), I felt that I had a grasp on that just to make it easier for us.

" 'The Bikeriders' is based on a 1967 photo-book of the same name by Danny Lyon but Austin had little to go on as his character barely features in the material. He explained: .