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Darren Aronofsky CAUGHT STEALING Trailer Is Here – Stars Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Griffin Dunne And Bad Bunny
The highly anticipated movie from filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, CAUGHT STEALING, has it’s first trailer and a release date – August 29 – and I can’t wait!
From Sony Pictures, the film stars Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Griffin Dunne, Benito A Martínez Ocasio (Bad Bunny), and Carol Kane.
Aronofsky’s films, all psychologically intense and often surreal, include Pi (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Fountain (2006), The Wrestler (2008), Black Swan (2010), Noah (2014), Mother! (2017), The Whale (2022) and Postcard from Earth (2023).
Vanity Fair ran a first look piece in April:
Darren Aronofsky knew he was truly capturing the essence of New York’s wild and unpredictable nightlife when his new movie got hit with a sprinkling of urine.
The uncomfortable encounter happened last fall as Caught Stealing shot scenes beside a tenement in a New York neighborhood that’s famous for its boisterous and bohemian residents and club-goers. Aronofsky rubs the back of his neck and brings up The Incident. “Well, a PA got peed on from someone on a fire escape. That was intense,” he says.
Austin Butler, who plays a hard-luck former ballplayer who becomes the target of an assortment of underworld thugs and sociopaths, fills in the strange details. “That was really intense,” Butler says. “She got peed on by a fully naked woman on a fire escape. She thought an air conditioner was leaking on her from above, and looked up and saw that.”
“Terrible,” Aronofsky concludes. But such are the risks of shooting on location, especially when that location is known for its offbeat atmosphere. “The thing about the East Village is that there’s so many of those great kind of characters,” the Requiem for a Dream and Black Swan filmmaker tells Vanity Fair for this exclusive first look. “It’s just filled with oddballs, this movie. And that’s kind of my experience and why I love the East Village so much. It’s just such a magnet for that, still to this day.”
(l to r) Pavel (Nikita Kukushkin), Colorado (Bad Bunny), and Aleksei (Yuri Kolokolnikov) pay a visit to Hank in Columbia Pictures CAUGHT STEALING. photo by: Niko Tavernise
The Los Angeles Times reported on the VF article, specifically Bad Bunny:
“He’s, like, the sweetest guy in the world. … And we ended up talking,” Aronofsky said of working with Bad Bunny, who plays a Puerto Rican gang member named Colorado in the film. “There was a character that he fit really well and he was great. He was so down-to-earth, and he was so one of us, and so part of the team.”
But the hitmaker soon became a bit of a distraction on set, as fans would catch wind of his presence and flock to various filming locations across Manhattan to get a view.
“We were constantly terrified that the neighborhood would be overthrown as soon as they found out that Benito was there,” Aronofsky said. “He was also a good sport. He actually would come to set and then just camp out there, knowing he was not going to be able to get back to his trailer or anywhere.”
Getting the 31-year-old musician on and off set turned in an elaborate operation to ensure a smooth and chaos-free process.
“There were a lot of back exits and going through tunnels that no one ever knew existed in the East Village to get him out and back and over fences, so he didn’t have to go through the street,” the Academy Award-nominated director said. “It was constantly like: ‘Hide the Benito.’”
Director Darren Aronofsky and Austin Butler on the New York set of Columbia Pictures CAUGHT STEALING. photo by: NDirector Darren Aronofsky and Austin Butler on the New York set of Columbia Pictures CAUGHT STEALING. photo by: Niko Taverniseiko Tavernise
Official Synopsis:
Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) was a high-school baseball phenom who can’t play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He’s got a great girl (Zoë Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant.
When his punk-rock neighbor Russ (Matt Smith) asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, Hank suddenly finds himself caught in the middle of a motley crew of threatening gangsters. They all want a piece of him; the problem is he has no idea why. As Hank attempts to evade their ever-tightening grip, he’s got to use all his hustle to stay alive long enough to find out…
CAUGHT STEALING is directed by Academy Award® nominee Darren Aronofsky, screenplay by Charlie Huston, based on his book of the same name.
Hank (Austin Butler, center) works with Lipa (Liev Schreiber, left), and Shmully (Vincent D’Onofrio, right) to find the hidden money in Columbia Pictures CAUGHT STEALING. photo by: Niko Tavernise
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