In “Masters of the Air,” Butler portrays real WWII pilot Major Gale “Buck” Clevens.

Austin Butlerhas an affinity for a certain kind of man.

Because he’s the actor behind them, they’re, of course, tall and handsome.

Episode 1. Austin Butler in “Masters of the Air,” premiering January 26, 2024 on Apple TV+.

Austin Butler in ‘Masters of the Air’.Apple TV+

“For whatever reason, I ended up playing in this space for a while,” he says.

“But there’s something that resonates with me.

A lot of my favorite films take place around that time period.

That whole time period has impacted me a lot.”

There are times where I can be very fired up about something.

“We had professional pilots there who were teaching us exactly how everything works,” Butler notes.

I definitely would love to be able to do that myself."

For now, audiences can watch Butler take to the skies on television.