Thirsty Austin Butler fans (yours truly included) were shocked, stunned and low-key appalled to learn that the Dune: Part Two filmmakers will be making him hide his lush locks to go bald in the new film.
The likes of Cinema Solace and Film Updates announced on Twitter that Butler would be bald with the same energy as, like, the ABC revealing a celebrity had died.
The tweets were ludicrously dramatic, to say the least.
Austin Butler will officially be bald in ‘DUNE 2’ pic.twitter.com/0gURE3bZem
— Cinema Solace (@SolaceCinema) April 25, 2023
Austin Butler is bald in ‘DUNE: PART TWO.’ pic.twitter.com/ipiOx0hpSn
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) April 25, 2023
The suspense! The intrigue! Haters said it wasn’t possible for Austin Butler to be bald in Dune: Part Two, but they were wrong.
Twitter responded to the news by way of memes, which was a fitting reaction.
(Taps microphone) “Ummm, may I have your attention please. Austin Butler is bald in Dune Part 2” pic.twitter.com/v70SonPjIR
— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) April 25, 2023
“Austin Butler is bald in DUNE: PART TWO” pic.twitter.com/8NOvsDRtUI
— abby monteil (@abbyemonteil) April 25, 2023
austin butler is bald in dune part two https://t.co/Qu8WW4IK2R
— David Mack (@davidmackau) April 25, 2023
Bald Austin Butler in Dune 2 pic.twitter.com/nSOkoYnNiX
— josh tenet (@joshtenet) April 25, 2023
first look at austin butler as feyd rautha in dune: part two pic.twitter.com/4RS9umqaI5
— maddie (@lovesickbutler) April 25, 2023
We now have our first pic of Austin Butler as a baldy in Dune: Part Two and it’s as heinous as we were expecting.
Not because he’s bald — bald men are hot AF — but because he looks like a menacing evil creature who will suck the life out of you instead of swapping spit, which is what we’d usually wanna do with Austin.
Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha in Dune: PART TWO. pic.twitter.com/YBZxJ7IdJh
— Austin Butler News (@AButlerNews) May 2, 2023
#DunePartTwo. November 3, 2023. pic.twitter.com/15uH1exUnl
— DUNE (@dunemovie) May 2, 2023
A select audience at the Las Vegas film convention saw an exclusive trailer of Dune: Part Two on Tuesday, and then took to Twitter to share their thoughts and feelings about the fella’s shorn scalp.
Discussing Film co-owner and managing editor Andrew Salazar said Butler as the character Feyd-Rautha looked “completely bald and pale” and “extremely menacing and almost monstrous”. Says it all, don’t you think?
Austin Butler in DUNE: PART II…. completely bald and pale. Looks extremely menacing and almost monstrous #CInemaCon
— Andrew J. Salazar (@AndrewJ626) April 25, 2023
Daniel Howat, a journalist at Next Best Picture, confirmed Butler’s locks were a thing of the past and said he looked “pretty wild” in the trailer.
Didn’t realize everyone was desperate to know about Austin Butler’s hair in #DunePartTwo.
For those wondering: yes, he’s bald and looks pretty wild. #CinemaCon
— Daniel Howat (@howatdk) April 25, 2023
A fan-made poster started doing the rounds on social media which offered a glimpse of what he could look like, and it’s giving Lord Voldemort and Peter Dutton‘s long-lost son, and they weren’t far off, were they?
Even though it’s not an official shot from Dune: Part Two, people still voiced their concern for what’s to come.
https://twitter.com/ghoulhag/status/1650944672041168896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1650944672041168896%7Ctwgr%5Ed34623ec2e9dea6ef62aaa49ed14f7d8aabb8a43%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pedestrian.tv%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php
tilda swinton just threw her phone at her assistant https://t.co/OZsPO1Qhh2
— soapy hadid (@soapyhadid) April 25, 2023
it’s not too late to change Austin Butler’s look in Dune 2 to this pic.twitter.com/J9lGjylBvG
— Sammy Fabelman (@hankofjuly) April 25, 2023
austin butler preparing for his role as feyd in dune https://t.co/zxtdgMHYAo
— ✧ (@btspoole) April 25, 2023
Your first look at Austin Butler in Dune: Part II pic.twitter.com/tQUgqbYYuO
— Chris Murphy (@christress) April 25, 2023
All I want to know is whether Butler will be dropping a new accent in Dune: Part Two.
We had to live through years of that dastardly Elvis accent and it damn nearly killed us all… we can’t suffer through this again!
@pedestriantv How Austin became possessed by the spirit of Elvis. #austinbutler #elvis #ptv
The flick is set to hit the big screen on November 3.
