Caught Stealing, which also stars Zoë Kravitz, follows former baseball player Hank Thompson, who unexpectedly finds himself entangled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City. The film hits theaters on Aug. 29.

So for his latest starring project, Darren Aronofsky's Caught Stealing, you might assume that Butler's physical prep would be minor compared to his previous work—he's playing a fairly normal guy in the film's version of 1998 New York City, after all.

Austin Butler tackles an action-heavy lead role in Darren Aronofsky's dark comedy crime caper "Caught Stealing".