‘The Bikeriders’ Trailer: Watch Austin Butler & Tom Hardy Kickstart Chicago Motorcycle Gang
The ’60s-set movie is based on a classic photo book about Midwest Bikers.
Austin Butler (Dune 2, Elvis) took a break from making blockbuster movies to star in the indie biker flickThe Bikeriders, which recently rolled out its second official trailer.
Butler is joined by Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Jodie Comer and Norman Reedus in the 1960s-set drama that follows the rise of a notorious Chicago motorcycle gang, the Vandals.
Inspired by Danny Lyon’s 1968 photo book that memorialized a Chicago biker gang, writer/director Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders is based on that era’s midwestern motorcycle clubs.
Comer plays Kathy, who’s married to a wild biker named Benny (Butler). In the film, Kathy recounts the Vandals’ evolution over the course of a decade, beginning as a local club of outsiders led by Johnny (Hardy) and evolving into a dangerous criminal gang.
The new trailer features plenty of loud motorcycle engines, fistfights, face-offs, and greasy snippets of the classic 1973 Rolling Stones song, “Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker).”
“After the spectacle of Elvis and Dune, and these characters that were quite different from me, to be able to go to something where—there’s an intimate sensitivity to The Bikeriders,” Butler told Interview magazine.
“It’s the roaring engines and the smell of grease that we got to be around. It was nice to go to something that felt more independent and play in that space for a bit. To get to ride motorcycles through Cincinnati, through these cornfields, it was just amazing. You know what that feels like, where the wind is in your hair. You feel like you’re mainlining God.”
The Bikeriders premieres June 21 exclusively in theaters. Check out the second official trailer below.
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