Acting is not an easy job and if you believe us, just ask Austin Butler how hard he struggled to completely get rid of his role as Elvis Presley after the film’s release. Recently, the actor revealed in an interview that even though the King of Rock movie was released in mid-2022, he could not get away from the role and for two full years he was speaking as Presley.
The situation was so extreme that his family and his close friends began to get upset with him for the way he acted; in short, they were all fed up with the actor’s strange accent. This is how Austin decided to take great measures to put an end once and for all to the remains of Elvis that had been left in him, so he hired a dialect teacher to help him solve his problem. In addition to the above, he had to work hard to remember who he was as an actor and person before interpreting him.
“I was trying to remember who he was. I tried to remember what I liked to do. The only thing I thought about for three years was Elvis,” he commented.
On the Internet, They Called Austin Butler Ridiculous
Austin Butler’s sincerity was not well received by everyone, as several users on the Internet called him ridiculous. Several people considered that the artist’s reaction was exaggerated, considering that two years had been too long for him to not be able to let go of the character. The controversy ignited mainly because many Internet users compared Austin Butler’s arduous preparation with that of Jacob Elordi, who also played Elvis Presley in the film Priscilla.
Elordi revealed that before playing the famous singer the only thing he knew about him was what he had seen in the animated film Lilo & Stitch, which undoubtedly caused a lot of laughter among the audience.
This story was written in Spanish by Mariana Martell in Cultura Colectiva.
