Austin Butler has gone toe-to-toe with Elvis Presley’s legacy, played a murderous biker in 2024’s The Bikeriders, and embodied Feyd-Rautha in Dune: Part Two. But in 2019, he was cast in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, where he squared off against none other than Brad Pitt. For The Dead Don’t Die actor, who grew up on the best ‘90s movies like Fight Club, the chance to spar with “Tyler Durden” himself felt like a dream come true. The reality of filming that sequence, however, came with a painful reminder of just how intense Pitt really is — and how dangerous a certain pitbull could be on set.
In a recent interview with Men’s Health’s YouTube channel, Butler broke down the process of tackling stunt-heavy roles in projects such as Caught Stealing, The Bikeriders, Dune: Part Two, and, of course, Quentin Tarantino’s Hollywood epic. Reflecting on the climactic brawl, he described what it was like to go toe-to-toe with Fight Club’s iconic brawler, Brad Pitt:
