Austin Butler has been sending the internet into overdrive in recent days for his string of ‘flirty’ interviews on The Bikeriders press tour.
The Elvis star, 32, visited Australia this month for the premiere of the new crime drama, and took part in a whole host of on-camera interviews during the trip.
But fans have been focusing on one notable detail as he has sent them wild with his ‘flirty’ charm during the now-viral interviews.
Austin first had Nicole Kidman‘s niece Lucia Hawley blushing on the red carpet, before leaving The Project host Sarah Harris ‘flustered’ during their interview.
In his most recent chat, Sarah, 42, commented on the actor’s ‘piercing gaze’, admitting it made her feel ‘nervous’, kicking off a very flirty exchange.
‘You do this thing when you look into someone’s soul, I’m getting it now… You have a very piercing gaze,’ she told him.
‘You have a piercing gaze too,’ Austin teased back, to which a blushing Sarah replied, ‘Do I?’
‘Yeah, I’d say so,’ Austin drawled, with Sarah giggling, ‘You’re making me nervous now!’
Sarah later admitted: ‘When you are sitting this close to one of the biggest movie stars on the planet, it’s hard not to get a little flustered.’
The cheeky exchange sent fans completely wild as they took to social media to comment on his continually ‘flirty’ attitude during interviews.
‘He needs to be stopped,’ one wrote, while another gushed: ‘You gotta love Austin Butler,’ and a third added: ‘[Sarah] was struggling to stay composed.’
A fourth commented: ‘Every time I watch a video of Austin Butler flirting with an interviewer I catch myself smiling at my phone teeheeing like I am somehow involved in the exchange.’
The now-viral chat came just weeks after Austin also left 7Bravo reporter Lucia Hawley, 25, blushing when she interviewed him at The Bikeriders Aussie premiere.
During the red carpet exchange, she attempted to chat to Austin about his new movie, but quickly became red-faced when he turned the tables on her.
Rather than talking about his film, he started asking Lucia questions about herself instead, prompting her fans to joke that Austin was ‘flirting’ with her.
‘I don’t like talking about myself. Are you from Sydney?’ Austin asked her, and she replied ‘yes’, joking that she was supposed to be the one asking the questions.
‘What else can you tell me, how old are you and what are you interested in?’ Austin -who is dating Kaia Gerber – eagerly enquired.
Lucia responded that she was interested in art and Austin then asked her where she finds ‘cool’ artworks, prompting an embarrassed Lucia to start giggling.
‘I should probably jump into questions because this is my job. If I don’t, I will get into trouble,’ the blushing presenter joked.
The interview quickly captured fans’ attention and Lucia’s boyfriend Henry Poole even commented on Austin’s ‘flirty’ charm.
Taking to her Instagram Stories, Lucia joked that Henry was ‘not happy’ as she shared a screenshot of the comment he left underneath footage of the friendly interview.
Henry – who has been dating Lucia for three years – hilariously penned: ‘Eyes where I can see em @austinbutler,’ as he poked fun at the ‘flirty’ chat.
Reposting his comment, Lucia quipped of Henry’s response: ‘@henrypoole_ has weighed in guys… (he’s not happy).’
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Her followers also took to the comments section to express their amusement over the eyebrow-raising clip, and joked that Austin was cheekily flirting with her.
‘This is brilliant!’ one fan wrote and a second person added: ‘This is incredible.’
A third gushed: ‘This is brilliant! Totally into you Lu,’ while another said: ‘He was totally hitting on her.’
‘This made me really like him! I loved that he was curious and interested in someone else,’ a fifth person chimed in.