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Austin Butler<\/strong><\/a> and Emily Ratajkowski<\/strong><\/a> have seemingly formed a friendship, bonding at a New York City hotspot.<\/p>\n Butler and Ratajkowski, both 34, were recently spotted at NYC\u2019s Waverly Inn in photos shared by online gossip site DeuxMoi<\/a> on Wednesday, September 10. The model sported a strapless, black ensemble, while Butler opted for a white T-shirt.<\/p>\n Butler and Ratajkowski, who sat side-by-side in a booth, have not further addressed how they know one another, though they coincidentally share an early acting credit<\/a>. Butler appeared on a 2007 episode of Nickelodeon\u2019s iCarly, <\/i>two years before Ratajkowski made her own cameo on the tween sitcom.<\/p>\n \u201cI was on, like, three episodes,\u201d Ratajkowski recalled of her role during an Elle UK <\/i><\/a>interview published last month. \u201cThey are, kind of, fun, It was crazy [being on] Nickelodeon. It was my breakout role, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n Austin Butler Through the Years: From Nickelodeon Star to Playing Elvis Presley and More<\/a><\/p>\n She continued, \u201cIt was just a crazy experience being with a bunch of child actors, like, famously. \u2026 I was in public high school, so it was a real experience to all of sudden meet people my age who had grown up on set.\u201d<\/p>\n Since appearing on iCarly, <\/i>Ratajkowski has landed featured roles in We Are Your Friends, Easy, Cruise, I Feel Pretty, Lying and Stealing<\/i>, as well as Netflix\u2019s Too Much <\/i>that premiered earlier this year.<\/p>\n As for Butler, he appeared on many Nick and Disney Channel sitcoms before booking starring roles on Freeform\u2019s Switched at Birth <\/i>and The CW\u2019s <\/a>The Carrie Diaries<\/a>. <\/i>His career reached new heights in 2023 when his starring role as Elvis Presley landed him an Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s certain moments where it feels really strange to celebrate and a moment like this right now is one of those things,\u201d Butler told The Los Angeles Times <\/i><\/a>at the time. <\/i>\u201cAs a young actor, I always saw off in the distance as this thing that almost seemed unattainable. And so, to suddenly hear my name listed amongst these other amazing actors as recognized by the Academy, it\u2019s so surreal to me.\u201d<\/p>\n These Former Disney Channel Stars Have Been Nominated for (Or Won!) An Academy Award<\/a><\/p>\n While Butler ultimately lost the trophy<\/a> to Brendan Fraser<\/strong>, his career hasn\u2019t slowed down with roles in Dune, Caught Stealing <\/i>and The Bikeriders.<\/i><\/p>\n \u201cFor a long time, I felt that it had to be a tortured process and I would come out the other side broken,\u201d he told Men\u2019s Health <\/i><\/a>in an August profile about acting. \u201cRather than just putting parts of yourself away and trying to pretend that they don\u2019t exist, it\u2019s like going into the gross bits of yourself \u2014 going into the bits that you don\u2019t want to look at\u2014and finding a way of integrating that into the whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n