Austin Butler Breaks Silence On Heat 2 Casting Rumors

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Summary Austin Butler has spoken about his rumored casting as Chris Shiherlis in Heat 2.

The actor played coy, saying "no comment."

It remains to be seen if Butler joins the cast, but he has other officially confirmed roles coming soon.

Austin Butler has spoken about his possible casting in Heat 2. The movie is set to be a follow-up to 1995's Heat (which followed the game of cat-and-mouse between a police officer and a retiring criminal), based on director Michael Mann's 2022 prequel novel of the same name which follows younger and older versions of the original characters. Adam Driver is thought to be playing a younger version of Robert De Niro's criminal Neil McCauley in the upcoming Heat 2 while Butler has been rumored to play Val Kilmer's character Chris Shiherlis, who was McCauley's number two.

Total Film recently spoke with Austin Butler about the possibility that he could appear in Heat 2 in their new issue with a Twisters cover story. The Elvis and Dune: Part Two actor played coy, neither confirming nor denying his participation in the Michael Mann project, though he shared that he loves the original 1995 movie. He ultimately left readers with a simple "no comment." Read Butler's full quote below:

Yeah, I… I mean, I love the first film, but no comment on that.

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Source: Total Film