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Elvis Star Austin Butler On How Playing The King Helped Him Change His Priorities And Led To “Looking Back On My Own Life”
30.11.2022 - 22:23 / deadline.com
Word of Austin Butler’s steadfast work ethic was already becoming known in Hollywood before the 31-year-old actor played Elvis Presley. But in taking on the part of a lifetime, in Baz Lurhmann’s titular film, the actor truly proved his dedication beyond any expectation. Butler may have moved on to his next projects (among them, the Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg exec-produced Masters of the Air, and Dune: Part Two, currently in production) but he still relishes talking about playing Elvis and describes how he aimed to capture both the physical depiction and the soul of the man.
DEADLINE: You spent more than two years getting into character for this, and it’s been a few months now since Elvis came out. Have you been able to shake him or is there something that’s stayed with you from playing Elvis?
AUSTIN BUTLER: I think there will always be. It was such a huge chunk of my life that I was doing nothing else, so there are certain parts of it which will be infused in my DNA. But I think because I’ve been playing other roles now, I’m able to give myself over to the obsession of each role. And so that, in a way, has been my process in somewhat being able to shed it.
DEADLINE: You spoke previously about wanting to humanize Elvis. What do you think this film adds to his legacy?
BUTLER: Well, I know in moments when I met Lisa Marie or I met Priscilla, Elvis ceased to be this icon. In those moments you realize so deeply how he is a father, and he is a husband and a son. Even though Priscilla and Lisa Marie weren’t involved in the creation of the film, or weren’t reading the scripts or anything, I felt this deep duty to them, because of the fact that he was so human to them. So, I know that was one thing that was at the core of
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