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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

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

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

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

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

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.

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