Austin Butler & Zoë Kravitz Take Lie Detector Tests

You were recently spotted dancing

at a Bad Bunny concert

in Puerto Rico. Yeah.

You revealed that you were on an edible

during the concert.

Yeah.

Who gave you the edible?

[laughing]

Can I say?

[Interviewer] Austin? Yes.

[Interviewer] Zoe. Yes.

[Interviewer] We brought you here today

to take a lie detector test.

This is Lou, our polygraph operator.

Hi Lou.

How you doing? It's a pleasure to meet you.

Lie. What?

Lie. What do you mean?

Big fan of Lou? You just met Lou.

I've seen Lou do this a number of times.

Okay, fine. He's charming,

and he's handsome.

Look at him. Look at him.

It's working. Oh, my God.

[Interviewer] One of you will be hooked up to the machine

while the other will ask the questions,

and then you'll switch.

Who wants to be in the hot seat first?

I think I should do it.

Oh, okay, yeah.

Go for it. Yeah, no, go for it.

You want to go first?

No, I think you should go first.

[machine static electricity]

[laughing]

Austin. Zoe.

To calibrate the machine,

I'm going to ask you some straightforward questions.

Uh-huh.

[Zoe] Please answer honestly.

Alright.

Is your full name Austin Robert Butler?

You never said my full name before.

How do you feel about it? That's my real name.

That's my full name.

Are you from Anaheim, California?

That's right. Yeah.

Are you about to take [Austin laughing]

a lie detector test?

Yes. Lou, we good to go?

We're ready to go.

Alright, let's get started.

[Austin sighs]

You have a notably soothing voice.

Have you ever considered recording bedtime stories?

I have. You have?

You've considered that?

I mean- You've been like alone,

been like, I should record-

No, people have said, You should record one.

And I've thought, I like reading out loud.

So maybe I pass. Truthful.

Yeah, but I haven't done it.

Would you ever record audio erotica?

Yeah.

[Zoe chuckles] Truthful.

[Austin and Zoe laughing]

Can you read this Pride and Prejudice quote for me?

You must allow me to tell you

how ardently I admire

and love you.

in a audio erotica voice.

You must allow me to tell you how ardently

I admire you and I love you.

Yeah. Great.

Is that right? Did I get the line right?

Yeah. I'm falling asleep already.

It's perfect. Okay.

You were recently spotted dancing

at a Bad Bunny concert in Puerto Rico.

Yeah.

When you accepted the invite,

did you know you were gonna be on stage?

When I accepted the invites, no.

Is that true? Truthful.

Thank you. Okay.

When you found out you were gonna be on stage,

did you have stage fright?

Did you get nervous?

Yes.

You revealed that you were on an edible

during the concert.

Yeah. Who gave you the edible?

[Austin laughs]

Can I say?

It was, well, Daniel.

[Austin laughs]

Daniel had them, and Darren facilitated.

[all laughs]

So this is illegal.

Truthful.

Yeah. Okay, thank you.

Do you regret taking an edible?

No. A little bit.

[chuckles]

Did you really take an edible,

or you just felt weird about the way you were dancing

and you made up that story to cover it up?

I really took an edible. Okay.

But I also think I would've felt uncomfortable anyway

just being on stage. Fair.

I also don't think that I was as uncomfortable

as I've made it out to be.

He's being truthful.

Okay. Thank you, Lou.

Have you ever pretended to be sick

to avoid a social commitment?

Yeah. [both laughing]

But I'm trying to be better about telling the truth

and just saying I don't actually feel like gone.

What was the last thing you pretended to be sick for?

And you were... I'm sorry, I can't remember.

Deceptive.

Oh! Really?

I think I just get nervous.

Have you ever told me you couldn't hang out

because you were sick?

Because I was sick? No.

Deceptive. [Zoe screaming]

I can't remember.

Okay, in a 2012 Teen Vogue video,

you said that you wanted to be

the first American to play James Bond.

It's not a good idea. All right.

Yeah.

There's other people who will do such a good job at that.

Okay, so who do you think

would be a great next James Bond?

Wow. I liked the idea of Idris Elba.

I read something that said Zendaya.

Do you think that James Bond should be a man?

I think it's all that I've ever experienced,

but I think Zendaya is so talented.

And it's a whole other thing, so.

Do you think that maybe James...

But also I've heard that Tom Holland.

Jamie Bond.

Maybe they could do a joint thing. Tom and Zendaya.

Do you think that's a good idea?

I think it's a terrible one.

[laughing]

All right, Lou.

Lou's casting. [Zoe laughing]

Okay, speaking of British cultural icons, you

and I share several scenes opposite this man.

That's Matt Smith.

I've seen him before.

Who asks you to watch his cat in the film?

If Matt asked you to watch

his actual dog in real life, would you?

Yeah.

Or would you say you were sick?

No, I love dogs.

It's people.

Honestly. So fair.

Yeah. Right. Yeah.

Truthful. Thank you Lou.

If you had to cook the dog gourmet food for every meal,

would you?

I like to make scrambled eggs fort[y dogs.

Okay. Truthful.

All right.

What about the picking up the dog's shit, would you do that?

What, would I pick up a dog shit?

Yeah, would you like take the dog on a walk

and pick it up, or would you just let it,

would you just leave it? I always pick it up.

Okay.

Ooh, Lou my guy.

Deceptive.

Are you serious? Okay.

I went on a walk with a friend the other night

and she didn't pick up her dog's poop.

Did you say something? I did.

I said I thought less of her.

You said you thought less of her?

I was joking. I was joking.

But it was in a bush.

And so she had a hard time getting it out.

Okay. And then you told her you thought less of her?

Yeah, so maybe I'm thinking

of that story right now when you ask.

Could be what striving the response.

Did you lie at any point during this lie detector test?

Not that I know of.

Oh. Oh.[laughing]

[Zoe] Deceptive. Deceptive.

Zoe. Austin.

Alright, Zoe.

To calibrate the machine,

I'm gonna ask you some straightforward questions.

Okay. Please answer honestly.

I will.

Is your full name Zoe Isabella Kravitz?

Yes.

Were you born on December 1st?

Yes.

Are you about to take a lie detector test?

Yes. Alright, Lou,

we're good to go? Let's do it.

In your first lie detector test,

you proved that you're a huge fan of Sex in the City.

Correct.

Be honest. Which was a better spinoff?

The Carry Diaries, or Just Like That?

Neither. Ooh, tell me more.

Leave that show alone.

Everybody just stop. Okay.

All right. So then I'm gonna throw this guy out.

This guy out.

What is it? Two pictures of me.

Oh, no. All right.

Are you on that show?

Yeah, I was in The Carry Diaries.

Okay. Sorry, didn't know that.

Did you know that? I didn't know that.

Truthful? Truthful.

Wow. Wow.

Oop. Is it fair to say

you're relieved that

And Just Like That is coming to an end?

I feel mixed feelings about it.

So it's actually a TV show? Or is it a movie?

It's a TV show. Okay.

And what was your favorite batshit

plot line for this season?

Favorite is a word

I don't think I can use for that show.

There are some plot lines that confused me more than others.

Uh-huh.

There were plot lines

that made me more upset than others.

Uh-huh.

Like the window.

What was up with the wind...

Anyway.

What happened with the window?

Like Aiden broke a window,

and then like the whole episode

was about like replacing the glass for the window,

and I'm just... I liked Aiden.

You don't anymore.

Speaking of batshit plot lines,

will there ever be a season three of Big Little Lies?

I hope so. Yeah?

You previously wrote a song for this person.

I didn't write, okay.

Sure, sure.

Do you have a song on Taylor's new album

The Life of a Showgirl?

Do I have a song? Like...

Yeah. Did you write a song?

No. No.

I didn't even write a full song.

It's like a song that she wrote,

and I wrote like a part of a melody in the song.

I didn't write the song.

That's truthful. Truthful.

Is that because you recently destroyed

the bathroom searching for your mother's snake?

Yeah, I had a bunch of songs on the album,

and then she- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

After that happened...

No, she was very cool about that.

[Austin] She's cool about that?

Yeah. The bathroom is fixed.

Yeah. Do you typically destroy your friend's bathrooms?

No. No

That sounds so gross.

Lou? Truthful.

I'm a very good house guest.

You've previously spoken

about buying vintage t-shirts on eBay.

Okay. Oh, sure.

Okay.

Have you ever bought a new t-shirt,

and lied about it being vintage to a appear cooler?

No. What a weird thing to do.

Isn't that insane to lie about?

That's insane.

Oh no. This is vintage.

[Austin] That's vintage. This is vintage.

Yeah, you can't buy this anywhere.

Yeah, this is old.

This is from the seventies.

This has been previously owned.

Yeah. Yeah.

Would you judge me if I had done that?

Yeah. Yeah. I would judge me too.

Yeah, I'd be like, Dude, why you lie about your clothes?

All right.

What's the most expensive vintage t-shirt

you've ever purchased?

Ooh, I bought,

I bought a series of Beatles,

like individual Beatles shirts

that were probably like...

[Austin] Yeah.

Like a thousands dollars each.

[Austin] A thousand dollars each?

Yeah.

And I also think I bought like a Ziggy,

an original Ziggy startup shirt.

[Austin] Wow. Over a thousand.

[Austin] Was it super soft? Yeah. So thin.

You attended Burning Man multiple times?

I have. Be honest.

Do you think I would fit in

with your cool friends on the play?

I ran into you at Burning Man.

You were great.

You were doing your whole dance.

[laughing] That's the Burning Man dance.

Is Burning Man the best party

you've ever been to?

[Austin] Top three. Top three.

Top three. Is it better

than a party at Prince's House?

Different. Different.

In what way?

One's a Prince's house, one's Burning Man.

One's like a week long situation,

and one's just like,

Oh my God, I'm at Prince's house.

Yeah. Yeah.

The coolest thing about Prince's party

is that it's Prince's party.

[Austin] That it's Prince. Yeah.

Which was a more intense experience in the desert,

Burning Man, or filming Mad Max Fury Road?

Very similar.

Only difference, less music and drugs.

Okay.

Burning, well, no,

Mad Max because it was nine months,

and Burning Man is five days.

Yeah, yeah. So yeah. Mad Max.

And you're like, you're working the whole time?

Yeah.

I mean, we kind of just sit in the back of a car,

the whole movie, but sure. Was it really hot?

No, it was cold.

It was there Winter.

[Austin] Was it really? Yes, we were freezing.

Wow, you don't see that on the camera.

You recently played yourself in the studio.

Yes.

Was it hard to get into character?

Wasn't not hard to get into character.

I was definitely playing

a character though of myself.

It wasn't really...

That wasn't the real you?

No. Do you think

you would've handled mushrooms

better than the Zoe and the studio?

No. I think I would've freaked out more freaked.

I feel like the Zoe, the studio, like,

I feel like she like accepted it pretty quickly

and like went with it.

I was, I think I'd be more freaked out.

Have you ever accidentally taken hallucinogens?

I've never accidentally taken hallucinogenics,

but I have accidentally dosed several people.

Was it really an accident?

Yes.

It's people, I didn't, it's people who went

into my fridge when I wasn't home.

And it's happened like four times where they...

Do you care to tell the story?

It happened once when I was shooting Batman.

My friend came to visit me from Paris,

and went into my fridge when I wasn't there

and ate the chocolate mushrooms I had sitting there

and called me and I had to leave work and take care of her.

And then a month later it happened again

with another friend. My God.

And now I label everything.

You must label. I label.

But I also think you don't go into people's fridges

and just eat like unmarked chocolate.

This is a lesson for the both of you.

You know what I'm saying?

Unless it says like Hersheys.

Yeah. Yeah.

But even then I wouldn't do it.

That's true.

You directed the film Blink Twice.

Yes.

Was there ever a moment on set

where you watched our director Darren Aronofsky,

and you thought I could do this better?

No. Deceptive.

[Zoe screaming]

I had moments that I probably

didn't understand what was happening, but not better.

Not better. Not better.

But I think I had moments where I was like,

you want me to, okay.

But you thought that's not how I would've done it.

Yes. Yeah.

I found there were moments where I didn't know his,

I didn't understand his vision, and so it felt awkward.

So do you think you're a better director than Darren?

No. No.

She's being truthful.

Okay. Thank you.

Like, oh my God, I really don't think...

She's also being insistent,

so that's a sign of being truthful.

Insistence? Okay.

No way. That's good. That's good.

You live in Brooklyn, New York?

Yes. Did you take the role

and Caught stealing because the commute was so easy?

Not now. Not now.

That was a an upside for sure.

Yeah. Yeah.

You and I both star in the film Caught Stealing.

Yes.

Have you ever stolen something and not been caught?

Yeah, for sure.

Things from... What is it?

I've stolen a few things from Seth,

like clothes and stuff.

Those are kind of yours, right?

[Austin] No. No.

Oh, interesting. Interesting.

Oh!

Interesting that you think that.

So you have stolen some things?

This is making me think about my...

Yeah, yeah.

Okay, great.

When I was a kid, I stole underwear from the Gap.

I thought it was Victoria's Secret.

Oh, maybe it was Victoria's Secret.

Wow. No, I think you're right.

The point is it was a thong

because I wanted a thong

and I like bought, I stole it

'cause I was too young to buy one.

You were too drunk? Young.

[Austin] Oh, too young to. Yeah, I was like 15.

Wow. Stealing underwear. Underwear. Yeah.

All right. This is our last question.

Zoe. Austin.

Did you lie at any point

during this lie detector test?

No. And we didn't catch you?

No.

Truth. Yeah.

Good job, Zoe.

Thanks, man.