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Austin Butler landed a highly coveted role in Hollywood when he was cast to bring Elvis Presley to life in Baz Luhrmann‘s biopic Elvis, and he faced stiff competition to book the Oscar-nominated role.
The 32-year-old star is said to have faced off against four talented actors to play the music legend. He even revealed a moment during the audition process when he was concerned that he lost the part.
His portrayal of the King of Rock and Roll is on our minds again as Jacob Elordi, who played Elvis in Priscilla, takes over Saturday Night Live so decided to do some digging to see who else might have landed the role.
Scroll through the four actors who could have been Elvis Presley instead of Austin Butler…
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Austin Butler opened up about his Masters of the Air experience.
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told Variety, “There was a fight scene and yeah, my rib cracked. It hurt and then I had to keep fighting.”“And it hurts for a long time after because every time you breathe, you feel your ribs,” he continued. “But it could have been worse.”The series, now streaming (new episodes out Fridays), is about the US Air Force’s 100th bomb group, which was nicknamed “The Bloody Hundredth” for their high volume of casualties.
Thanks to his breakout role as The King in “Elvis,” Austin Butler is one of Hollywood’s current leading “it” men. And it comes with little doubt that Butler’s dedicated performance as Elvis Presley cemented him in that position.
K.J. Yossman Just a week after wrapping on Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” biopic, Austin Butler arrived in the U.K. to start work on Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks’ epic World War II drama “Masters of the Air.” He was joined on the Amblin and Playtone co-production by a cast who, like Butler, are poised to become the next generation of Hollywood leading actors, among them Callum Turner, Barry Keoghan, Anthony Boyle, Ncuti Gatwa and Nate Mann.
Elvis accent before shooting Masters Of The Air.During an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, the Oscar-nominated actor explained how he only had a week between filming Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic and his new World War II series, so he needed help getting rid of the accent.“I had a dialect coach just to help me not sound like Elvis,” Butler said. “I was just trying to remember who I was. I was trying to remember what I liked to do.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director How do you choose between Tom Cruise and Quentin Tarantino? It’s a dilemma Austin Butler faced before his Oscar-nominated performance in “Elvis” turned him into a global star. During an interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast (via People) while promoting his new Apple TV+ series “Masters of the Air,” Butler confirmed reports he was in the running to star opposite Cruise in the blockbuster “Top Gun: Maverick.” “I ended up having to choose between going to the screen test for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ or saying yes to Quentin Tarantino,” Butler said.
Elvis Presley accent apparently still lingered in his voice — two years after playing the late musician. To get rid of it, the 32-year-old had to hire a dialect coach to phase out his Tennessee twang in order to prepare for the Apple TV+ miniseries “Masters of the Air.”Butler played the King of Rock ’n’ Roll in Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 musical biopic “Elvis,” a role that earned him an Oscar nomination.In “Masters of the Air,” he plays a WWII pilot.The “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” star appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” where he noted that he filmed the TV show just a week after wrapping “Elvis.” “It was a lot,” he said of the quick turnaround time on Wednesday.Butler continued: “I was just trying to remember who I was, I was trying to remember what I liked to do.
Austin Butler is revealing how he finally was able to shed his much-talked-about Elvis accent.
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The Hollywood Reporter.Graham is best known for his role as Ocampan community leader Tanis on “Star Trek: Voyager,” as Vulcan ambassador Soval on “Star Trek: Enterprise” and as first officer Ragnar in “Star Trek: Of Gods and Men” (2007) and “Star Trek: Renegades” from 2015-17.The veteran actor’s ex-wife, Susan Lavelle, also announced his death with a touching tribute on Facebook.“It is with deep profound sadness to say that Gary Graham, my ex husband, amazing actor and father of our beautiful only child together, Haylee Graham, has passed away today.,” she began. “We are completely devastated especially our daughter Haley.
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