Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler are enjoying a sunny day in L.A.!
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above), alongside a virtual Q&A with Luhrmann and Butler, moderated by the great Nelson George. Before the trailer even ran, Luhrmann talked about how he loved the artform of the preview. “Trailers are doors that open up onto a movie,” Luhrmann said.
He also stressed, from the get-go, that “Elvis” was, “number one, a movie for theaters.”When discussing his Elvis movie, he said it’s actually about America. “’Amadeus’ – it’s not really about Mozart, it’s about jealousy,” Luhrmann said. “In this modern era, Elvis couldn’t have been a better canvas to explore America in the 50s, 60s, and 70s.” (Elvis died in 1977.) For Butler, the appeal was equally grand – “fundamentally getting to explore the humanity of somebody who has become the wallpaper of society.” He admitted that these were “huge shoes to fill,” he was able to go on a journey with Elvis, saying that he was cast when he was 26 and he’s 30 now.And then, of course, there are the musical numbers.
“When I began the process of this, I wanted to get my voice to sound identical to his,” Butler said. And Luhrmann said that the young Elvis songs are all Butler; when he gets older there are some blending of material, with both Butler and Presley in the mix (literally). Early recordings, Luhrmann said, were “nostalgia-sounding.” Re-playing them would be “a photocopy of a performance of a record.”For Luhrmann, he was struck, while watching early Presley performances, that “there was something real punk rock.” The question became, how do you “translate strange and shocking to a contemporary audience” that has seen it all.
Butler took full advantage of the time waiting to be cast. “I think I had a long time to study,” Butler said. “We had about six months before I was cast just
.Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler are enjoying a sunny day in L.A.!
Kaia Gerber, 20, and Austin Butler, 30, are spending some quality time together after her week hitting the runways for the top designers at Paris Fashion Week. Kaia and Austin had an afternoon lunch date together in Los Feliz on March 5. The couple stayed cozy on their outing, with Kaia sweetly wrapping her arm around Austin on the side of the street.
Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber are staying close during their day out!
Austin Butler is going to have a big year and he’s enjoying some downtime before his schedule gets packed!
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Austin Butler definitely managed to get Elvis Presley’s signature dance moves down to a tee as he turns into the King of Rock and Roll in the upcoming biopic. The 30-year-old actor takes the lead role in Elvis, the Baz Luhrmann biopic about the music sensation, charting his rise to fame. The trailer for the long-awaited movie has finally been released, seeing Austin take on Elvis’s southern drawl as he meets his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks.
Elvis Presley biopic has been released – you can watch it below.The film will delve into the King of Rock and Roll’s relationship with his manager Colonel Tom Parker (played by Tom Hanks) spanning over 20 years, from the rock and roll icon’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America.In addition to Hanks, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood‘s Austin Butler will star as Elvis, Olivia DeJonge will star as the late musician’s wife Priscilla Presley, while Kelvin Harrison Jr. will take on the role of B.B.
Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming biopic.Warner Bros. dropped a full-length three-minute clip on Thursday featuring Butler dressed up as the musician — slick black hair, sunglasses and his famous bedazzled white jumpsuit — as well as Tom Hanks as his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, and Olivia DeJonge as Presley’s wife Priscilla.Hanks, 65, narrates the teaser, eerily stating: “There are some who make me out to be the villain of this here story.”A scene shows Elvis giving a moving performance on stage. Once he finishes singing his tunes, Parker says to him, “Are you born with destiny? Or does it just come knocking at your door?”“At that moment I watched that skinny boy transform into a superhero.
Austin Butler as the King of Rock and Roll.The trailer begins with Elvis’ long-time manager, Colonel Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks, narrating the tale. “There are some who make me out to be the villain of this hear story,” Parker says as the trailer gets rolling.
Austin Butler stars as Elvis Presley in the first trailer for Elvis!
The full-length trailer for “Moulin Rouge!” director Baz Luhrmann’s flashy new musical biopic about Elvis Presley has arrived.
Sasha Urban editorElvis has entered the building. The first trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming biopic starring Austin Butler (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) as the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll was released Thursday, and the resemblance is uncanny. The trailer also confirmed that the previously untitled Warner Bros.
There have been a number of actors who have attempted to portray Elvis Presley in films and TV shows over the years. Folks like Kurt Russell, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Bruce Campbell, and Michael Shannon are just several big actors who have given it their best shot.