Elvis Presley was never nominated for an Oscar, but the man who plays him in Baz Luhrmann’s hit film elvis will almost certainly be in the running for best actor this year for a performance that has garnered widespread praise but is no higher or more significant than that of Priscilla Presley herself, who has said she sometimes believes she actually saw it. Man on the screen.
Austin Butler joins this week’s edition of my Deadline video series, The actor’s side to talk about the challenges he faced playing Presley, the audition, how a long layoff due to the pandemic almost meant the film was cut, and how he’s progressed in the nearly two years which he held the role until it was completed, hardly slept. He also tells how Denzel Washington was his co-star in the Broadway production The ice cream man is coming contributed significantly to his getting to know Luhrmann.
Butler can be seen in major films playing Tex Watson in Quentin Tarantino Once in Hollywood and he will also appear as Feyd-Rautha in dune part 2 But he was probably best known before Elvis for his visits to Disney Channel and Nickelodeon on shows like Hannah Montana, I Carly, and zoe 101 That is now a thing of the past as the actor has already been nominated for Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes with more to come. Click the link above to watch our conversation.
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Writer: Peter Hammond
Source: Deadline
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