If the apocalypse comes, you want Austin Crute on your side. He stars in the series Daybreak, about teens who survive a dystopian future, and he’ll also be in the second season of Trinkets.
If the apocalypse comes, you want Austin Crute on your side. He stars in the series Daybreak, about teens who survive a dystopian future, and he’ll also be in the second season of Trinkets.
Catherine Cohen Welcome back to another episode of I Hate Talking About Myself. The podcast makes interviewing easy and fun. We have your favorite stars from Netflix series and films pull questions from a bowl. Then answer the questions. How chic is that? Today we've got Austin Crute, who stars in season two of the Netflix original series Trinkets. And he's in Daybreak, which is all about teens who survived the apocalypse. And in the event of a catastrophe, I definitely want Austin on my team. We have the same taste in superpowers and in celebrity crushes.
Austin Crute Hi, I'm Austin Crute. I am in DAYBREAK and I hate talking about myself.
What y'all trying to get me into? Tell us about a time in your life when you made a conscious decision not to play it safe. Do y'all need to hear about this? Y'all, OK. A conscious decision in my life.
I went to Berlin, Germany, and I went to the Kit Kat club, which is a sex club. But it's not what it sounds like. It is like a dance club. And we went on Halloween. They don't really do Halloween in Germany for real. So we were like the only ones, like really celebrating Halloween. And it was my first homosexual experience in the club.
What is your biggest fear? That I will not achieve self mastery before it is required of me,.
Austin (Daybreak clip) I'm oni samurai. When I get done with my quest and find redemption, they will write songs about me.
Austin Crute Spiders, spiders, spiders.
What's the story behind your last Instagram post? Oh, Lord Jesus, let me see on my last Instagram post is OK. So I did a shoot with Undine Markus and Angela Choe. And there's so many looks that I was like, you know what, I'm about to just do a series.
Bang, bang, bang. And then, you know, that was one of the bows. So, you know, there's a story behind my last post, needed something to post. Posted it.
OK, what do you wear to bed? Underwear and a baggy shirt, a baggy shirt of any kind. And my underwear. If I do end up wearing like pajama pants or something, it's usually like some Calvin Klein like sleeper pants which are oh so comfortable.
What's your worst fashion mistake? One time, we were in junior high. We were all trying things out and I came to school with purple jeans on and like a red shirt. And I walked up in there looking like a whole Veggie Tale. I walked up in that thing looking like eggplant emoji. That's what happened.
Who was the first famous person you met? Were you awkward? That depends on what level of famous you talk. I grew up in the church, right? So I'm a pastor's kid. So the famous people that I was meeting and where a lot of Chris, it was Christian, famous. You feel me gospel famous. I would say maybe Cece Winans or like Kirk Franklin or somebody. I was awkward because I was a little kid and I was shy when I was little. I did not want to sing for anybody, dance for anybody, act for anybody. What? I was shy, so maybe I would. Yes, I was awkward.
Do you collect anything? Bags.
Who is your celeb crush? Oh, my God. Y'all. Ya'll shouldn't have asked me this question because I feel like he not that far away a connection in terms of like my friends. But Timothée Chalamet is like low-key my celeb crush. I'm very open about that. I don't give a fuck.
Timothy, if we ever meet, you know, (laughs) I'm just playing. But (laughs) I'm just playing.
What's a relationship deal breaker for you? No communication. I don't like lack of communication, I don't like lack of confidence. Be confident. If I'm being a lot, put me on place a little bit. Now don't go too much and I'll put you in yours. But you know what I mean is, is a give and take. You started us off. Right now I'm talking. Now I'm talking all of a sudden, I hate talking about myself when a little bit left. Now I love talking about it. I'm telling you, y'all need to communicate. Y'all need to be transparent. No ghosting. I'll don't do that, ghost. This is not Casper and is not PAC-man. No ghosts. That's the relationship deal breaker. Lack of communication. How about, how about dat? Sorry to this man.
What does the phrase guilty pleasure mean to you? Guilty pleasure means something that you know you like. You know you like it. But you afraid that everybody gonna make fun of you expletive if they find out that you like it? That's what guilty pleasure is.
A guilty pleasure means it is good because it is good because you like it. It's art. Art is subjective. Right? So if you didn't, you was thinking Hannah Montana wasn't cool or something. But you watch Hannah Montana. That means it works. OK. What I mean, if you watch any type of children's show and you like it. But you dogging it out in front of other people, that means that is good. It worked on you. And it's a pleasure.The only thing that makes it guilty is that insecurity. Like what you like.
If you could instantly become an expert in something, what would it be? I don't know what the like proper term for this is, but like making backend money like on the side, like doing all of that stock stuff, like people don't even know how to do. And then you just getting money for no reason. Yeah.
What superpower would you like to have and why? Invisibility or being able to fly. If I chose invisibility, I could see... It'd kind of be a mind reader because you could see where everybody is saying. You can walk into situations that you're not really supposed to walk into. But then if I was flying, I could get away from anything. What can you do? You late for class, fly away. What? What are they gonna do? What? What are they going to do? So you know what? Flying. Final answer.
What question do you think should be added to his interview for the next interviewee? Have you capped today? No capping. Everybody who knows what capping is. You'll already know what that is. It's lying. It's lying for those who, it's slang for lying. No cap. If you ever heard no cap and you like what's no cap? That means no like, no lie. Like, I'm not lying to you.
Catherine Cohen Austin Crute, keeping us all hip with the kids. And I'm not capping when I tell you that we've got another episode of this podcast coming to you next week. So subscribe to this feed already. I Hate Talking About Myself is produced by Pineapple Street Studios and Netflix. Our music is by Handsdale Hsu. I'm Cat Cohen and Timmy Chalamet, call me.
Austin Crute This is fun.