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.

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.