ClutchPoints: Booksmart at 5 - Austin Crute Reflects on Olivia Wilde's 'Masterclass'
EXCLUSIVE: On the film's five-year anniversary, Austin Crute praised Olivia Wilde and her directorial debut, Booksmart.
Austin Crute (The Greatest Hits) launched his big-screen career with Booksmart, Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut. The film starred Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever as two brainiacs who embark on one wild night before graduation…CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
CBR: 'Big Brother Vibes' - Superman's David Corenswet Hailed by The Greatest Hits Co-Star Austin Crute
Ahead of David Corenswet making his debut as the Man of Steel in James Gunn's Superman, the actor can be seen in his latest role in Searchlight Pictures' The Greatest Hits. Now streaming on Hulu, the film features Corenswet as part of the cast alongside Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, and Austin Crute.
Speaking about the film with CBR's Kevin Polowy, Crute touched on working with Corenswet and the upcoming Superman film…CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
IMBD: Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, and Austin Crute Talk The Greatest Hits
Music can transport you. When you hear a song that brings back memories, it can be an exceptionally moving experience. However, in the new feature The Greatest Hits, those songs from the past can quite literally move you to another place and time. Written and directed by Ned Benson, the film cleverly intermingles sci-fi elements such as time travel, in a beautifully grounded way. It also features an excellent lead performance from Lucy Boynton, as well as the terrific Justin H. Min, David Corenswet, and Austin Crute. The story is original, refreshing, and will likely connect to anybody out there that loves music. It certainly did with me…CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
The Daily: A Deeper Look into ‘The Greatest Hits’ with Main Cast and Director
Released in theaters April 5, “The Greatest Hits'' is Searchlight Pictures’s newest fantasy romance. Written and directed by Ned Benson and starring Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, and Austin Crute, this film journeys through the experience of loss through a lens of the power of music.
Searchlight Pictures invited The Daily to interview Benson, Boynton, Min, and Crute in a roundtable discussion…CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
The DePaulia: The cast and crew of “The Greatest Hits” on Rehearsing, Inspiration and Finding the Heart of a Story
Searchlight Pictures held a roundtable with the cast and crew of their new film “The Greatest Hits” on Monday, April 15. Stars Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, Austin Crute and writer/director Ned Benson were asked a series of questions by a number of college publications from across the US. Topics varied from how the actors found community with one another, what kinds of experiences informed the on-set environment, and how Benson tried to navigate the emotional core of each character…CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
ClutchPoints: The Greatest Hits Star Austin Crute Shouts out his 'Therapy Friend'
EXCLUSIVE: The Greatest Hits star Austin Crute breaks down his favorite needle drop and his real-life Morris.
Austin Crute steals the scene in any film he’s in. The Greatest Hits is no exception.
From Booksmart to They/Them, Crute has done it all in his young career. In The Greatest Hits, he plays Morris, the best friend of Harriet (Lucy Boynton). The ultimate best friend, Morris helps Harriet process the loss of her former boyfriend, played by David Corenswet, as she discovers a new love, played by Justin H. Min…CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
ABC7: 'The Greatest Hits' - Grief, music and... time travel?
LOS ANGELES -- Searchlight Pictures' new film, "The Greatest Hits," is a unique amalgamation of genres. Part love story, part sci-fi fantasy and part heart-wrenching drama, the movie is sure to take you on a wild journey through music and time.
After Harriet loses her boyfriend in a car accident, she finds that certain songs transport her back to different moments in the past. In her search for a song that will help prevent the accident, she can't help but get caught up in a new whirlwind of emotion when she meets David.
The film is written and directed by Ned Benson and stars Lucy Boynton, Justin Min and Austin Crute. On The Red Carpet had the opportunity to speak with them about the story…CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
Vulture: Austin Crute’s Rules of Karaoke Etiquette
Hulu’s The Greatest Hits was a musically-inclined shoot. Duh, the movie is about songs that allow a woman (Lucy Boynton) to time travel. Writer-director Ned Benson even hosted a karaoke night with the cast and crew. “We thought it would be fun to make them sing,” he said at the film’s premiere in Los Angeles. “Austin [Crute] has the voice of an angel. He sang Frank Ocean and blew all of our minds.”
With that glowing endorsement, we asked Austin Crute (Daybreak, Justin Bieber on Atlanta) the dos and don’ts of singing in public. The etiquette of karaoke is a hot button issue, and we need guidance…CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
Collider: The Greatest Hits Interview - Justin Min, Austin Crute and Ned Benson
Ned Benson's (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby) latest movie, The Greatest Hits, explores more of the writer-director's favored themes of "dealing with loss and relationships and love," in what he calls a love letter to Los Angeles. Starring the DCU's new Superman, David Corenswet, Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody), Justin Min (The Umbrella Academy), and Austin Crute (Booksmart), this is a romantic drama with a genre twist: Harriet (Boynton) discovers she can time travel when she hears the right song from her past. Ahead of the movie's premiere on Hulu, Collider hosted an early screening of The Greatest Hits, where Benson, Min, and Crute sat down with our own Steve Weintraub for an extended Q&A. During their conversation, Benson shares his own experience on set with Corenswet, and his reaction to finding out the actor would be donning the cape in James Gunn's (Guardians of the Galaxy) upcoming Superman. They discuss filming on location throughout LA, their favorite spots, the crucial role music played from conception to screen, and working with Quentin Tarantino's (Pulp Fiction) music consultant, Mary Ramos (Kill Bill), on the playlist.
Pop Culture Unplugged: Austin Crute Dives Into His Role as Morris Martin in 'The Greatest Hits' now on Hulu
Join Austin Crute as he discusses his latest role as Morris Martin in 'The Greatest Hits' on Pop Culture Unplugged with host Elias.
Don't miss out as we delve into Austin's portrayal of Morris and the captivating themes of the movie…CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
Deadline: Austin Crute Joins Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min In Ned Benson-Directed Searchlight Romance
EXCLUSIVE: Austin Crute (Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.) has been tapped to star alongside Lucy Boynton and Justin H. Min in the romance The Greatest Hits, which Ned Benson (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby) is directing for Searchlight Pictures from his own script.
The film currently in production is billed as a love story centering on the connection between music and memory and how they transport us, sometimes literally. Details as to Crute’s role are being kept under wraps…CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
Watch 'Honk For Jesus Save Your Soul' Out Now In Theaters & On Peacock
After premiering at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul is out in theaters now, starring Regina Hall, Sterling K. Brown, Austin Crute, Nicole Beharie, and Conphidance.
You can also stream it on Peacock here.
Teen Vogue: They/Them Stars Austin Crute, Theo Germaine On the “Fun” of Horror and Making Lifelong Friends On Set
Austin Crute and Theo Germaine, stars of the new queer slasher thriller They/Them, spend about sixty full seconds gassing each other up over Zoom. “You did such a good job,” Theo says, referring to Austin’s performance in the film. “You did such a good job, get out of here,” says Austin about Theo’s take on their character.
The two actors gushing over each other confirms that their genuine — and frankly, adorable — off-screen connection mirrors their on-screen friendship. Though unfortunately, their friendship in They/Them isn’t as lighthearted. Theo and Austin’s characters are forced to become friends under grave circumstances, finding solace and protection in one another as they try to survive the horrors of a queer conversion camp.
They/Them, pronounced “they slash them” and out today on Peacock, follows a group of LGBTQ+ teens arriving at Whistler Camp, a “progressive” week-long conversion camp nestled away in the woods. Camp leader Owen Whistler (played by Kevin Bacon) promises a gentle approach, one that will help the teens find “a new sense of freedom.” Yet, with each passing day, the young campers are psychologically targeted by the camp’s counselors in attempts to manipulate and destroy their sexual and gender identities. As the psychological threats persist, a physical threat manifests: a masked killer begins to claim victims at the camp. The teens must join forces to not only make it through the week, but to make it out of Whistler Camp alive…CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
SYFY WIRE: The Director and Stars of 'They/Them' Reveal How They Found the Heart of This Horror Story
"When the casting came about, it's like when we all met each other, instantly our personalities just started gelling and we started feeding off each other," Crute said. "When all of these personalities, seven personalities, are in a place, we're all in real life developed in different ways. We have our own queer journeys and our own queer stories and our own hangups and things like that, so to kind of just talk with each other and see, 'Oh, you deal with that? That's funny that you said that, because I grew up with this and that, and just like exchanging [experiences]. I think we helped refine our characters.'" CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
The Cut: Best Party Pics of the Week
If there was ever a time to party, it’s today: Beyoncé day. Here are the best outfits of the week as seen at parties by Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Saks — plus Netflix’s They/Them premiere and Hulu’s Not Okay.
Just Yes: Austin Crute
Austin Crute’s outfit at the They/Them premiere is so simple yet so right. From his polished nails to his jewelry to his pleated pants, the actor looked flawless…CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
Variety: ‘They/Them’ Stars On Why Queerness and Horror Are A Perfect Combination
“They/Them,” a new Blumhouse slasher that promises a queer take on the horror genre, is set to go straight to streaming on Peacock next month. But before that, the film received a full in-person theatrical screening, as the closing night premiere of Los Angeles queer film festival Outfest.
All of the cast members who play the campers in “They/Them” are queer actors, which helped them approach the material from a real place. During the premiere, Crute, who plays fun-loving camper Toby, told Variety the project spoke to him, as he struggled with a desire to conform while he was growing up.
“I’ve never set foot in a gay conversion camp, but there was a time in my life where maybe I would have given in to the pressures around me to conform,” Crute said. “I think that this movie spoke to an inner child in me that wanted to be seen, and now I feel seen, and it’s incredible.” CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
Deadline: Outfest Wraps With World Premiere Of Horror Film ‘They/Them’
The 40th edition of the Outfest LGBTQ+ film festival in Los Angeles is in the books after the closing night world premiere of Peacock’s horror film They/Them (pronounced They-Slash-Them).
Kevin Bacon and Carrie Preston star as a couple who run a Christian-oriented ‘gay conversion therapy’ camp in a remote, wooded area, preaching a contradictory philosophy of self-acceptance and what amounts to self-denial. A fresh busload of LGBT and non-binary youths show up for ‘treatment,’ most of them dispatched by their families hoping they will learn to conform to societal norms.
Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick attended the premiere, along with most of the cast and filmmaker John Logan, one of Hollywood’s top screenwriters and a three-time Oscar nominee who makes his directorial debut with They/Them.
Austin Crute (Booksmart) plays Toby, a camper who’s not down with the whole gay conversion thing.
“It is so fulfilling to be a part of a film like this,” Crute said. “It’s not every day that you get to sign up for a horror movie surrounding the empowerment of queer people.” CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
Watch Austin Crute's Interview With Collider
Watch Austin’s interview with Collider where he discusses working with Olivia Wilde, teases John Logan's 'They/Them,’ his new movie 'Tankhouse,' and more…CONTINUE TO ARTICLE
Deadline Reveals First Look At Austin Crute's Upcoming Peacock Horror Film 'They/Them'
Peacock today unveiled They/Them, a new Blumhouse pic starring Kevin Bacon (City on a Hill), Anna Chlumsky (Inventing Anna), Carrie Preston (Claws), Theo Germaine (4400), Austin Crute (Call Your Mother), Monique Kim (What/If), Anna Lore (All American), Cooper Koch (Power Book II: Ghost), Darwin del Fabro (Dangerous Liaisons) and Quei Tann, which will debut on the streamer on August 5th…CONTINUE TO ARTICLE