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Austin Butler: I Had to ‘Choose Between Going to the Screen Test’ for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ or ‘Saying Yes to Quentin Tarantino’
Austin Butler was in the running to play Rooster in Tom Cruise's "Top Gun: Maverick."
During an interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast (via People) while promoting his new Apple TV+ series “Masters of the Air,” Butler confirmed reports he was in the running to star opposite Cruise in the blockbuster “Top Gun: Maverick.” Tarantino had offered the rising star a role in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Because Butler had wanted to work with the “Pulp Fiction” director “for so long,” he wasn’t going to let a potential Tom Cruise blockbuster get in the way. It was a smart decision on Butler’s part, as “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Elvis” casting director Denise Chamian previously told Variety that the “Top Gun” team ultimately felt he was too young for the role of Rooster, which ultimately would be played by Miles Teller.
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