Elvis star Austin Butler left 7Bravo entertainment reporter Lucia Hawley — the niece of Australian acting legend Nicole Kidman — a little flustered during an interview in Sydney.
Butler was in town for the Sydney Film Festival and was walking the red carpet at the State Theatre on Thursday night when Hawley, 25, approached the 32-year-old heartthrob for a chat about his new film The Bikeriders.
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But Butler turned the tables on her, immediately launching into a series of questions.
“Hi Austin, I’m Lucia,” Hawley began.
“Lucia? Have we met before?” he asked.
“No?” she responded, saying she just had a “familiar face” (Hawley sports an incredible likeness to her very famous aunt).
Butler then noted that Hawley had managed to stay dry in Sydney’s wet weather.
“I’m soaked,” he said.
“I was going to say, we’ve really turned on the weather for you!” she replied.
“You sure did,” he said, then started firing off a series of questions before she could ask him any.
“Are you from here, from Sydney?” he said.
“Yes, I am … I’m supposed to be interviewing YOU,” she laughed.
“I don’t like talking about myself,” he said a little sheepishly, before turning the focus back onto her.
“What else can you tell me? How old are you? What are you interested in?”
“Twenty-five … Art, paintings,” she answered.
That seemed to pique Butler’s curiosity even further.
“Art? Do you paint yourself?” he queried.
“Um, no I don’t, but I like looking at them,” she said.
“Curating.”
“I wanna do that at some point,” the American actor revealed.
“Finding the right art, finding cool art … Where do you find your art?”
Clearly a bit flustered, Hawley stuttered: “I … I … I should probably jump into the questions, ‘cause this is my job,” she chuckled.
“I’ll get in trouble!”
“Aw, ok, what do you want to talk about?” he responded.
When the footage was posted to 7Bravo’s Instagram, viewers went wild, with many saying Butler appeared to be flirting a little.
“This made me really like him!” one fan said.
“I loved that he was curious and interested in someone else!”
“He’s totally hitting on her,” observed another.
“Masterclass in flirting — watch and learn,” joked a third.
Many noted that Butler seemed to prefer natural conversations rather than the typical rapid-fire question-and-answer format of red-carpet interviews.
“Austin prefers to have regular organic conversations that feel more comfortable than being asked questions all the time,” one observer noted.
“He also doesn’t like to talk about himself, as he said, he really tried to divert, bless his soul.”
“How refreshing. Nice he was curious who you were,” said another.
Others described the exchange as “adorable,” “brilliant” and “cute.”
“Did he just fall in love with her?” one viewer wondered.
“He’s smitten,” said another.
However, several people noted that Butler already has a girlfriend — supermodel Cindy Crawford’s daughter Kaia Gerber, who is also a model.
Hawley is the daughter of Nicole Kidman’s sister, Antonia Kidman.
She is the host of 7Bravo and the face of Live From E! red carpet coverage in Australia.