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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.
All I thought about was Elvis for three years.“And then I had that week off and then I flew to London and at that time it was COVID so I’m quarantined for 10 days, so I thought alright just pour all this energy into learning about World War II now,” he said.The Golden Globe winner added: “I had a dialect coach just to help me not sound like Elvis in that film, that was the whole thing.”His “Elvis” co-star, Tom Hanks, is one of the producers of “Masters of the Air.” Butler told Colbert how Hanks wanted him to join the cast of the drama. “I was having dinner with Tom Hanks in Australia and he was sort of joking saying, ‘You’re going to lose your mind when you finish this three years of your life focused on this one thing, you’re gonna have to find something else to jump right into right afterward.’“And the other producer, Pat McCormick, who is a good friend of mine, he said, ‘Well Tom, find him something to do,’ and then Tom said, ‘Well I’ve got
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In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast, host Mike DeAngelo flies high for Apple TV+’s Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks-produced series (“Band of Brothers,” “The Pacific”), “Masters of the Air.” The series follows a group of airmen with the 100th Bomb Group that risked their lives in World War II, flying bombing missions in Europe (read our review here).
Austin Butler opened up about his Masters of the Air experience.
Austin Butler appears to be a go-to guy when it comes to flight films.
The cast of Masters of the Air showed off their impeccable sense of style while attending a screening of their new show on Thursday night (January 25) in New York City.
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.
Aramide Tinubu In the final chapter of Apple TV+‘s “Masters of the Air,” a despondent Holocaust survivor reflects on burying every member of his family. He says, “To live, one must make choices.” The circumstances of war and survival make these decisions more complex and heart-wrenching. Based on the authoritative account by World War II historian Donald L.
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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.
Austin Butler is revealing how he finally was able to shed his much-talked-about Elvis accent.
Masters Of The Air looks destined to become one of the biggest shows of the year.Based on the 2007 book of the same name by Donald L. Miller, the miniseries follows the actions of the 100th Bomb Group, nicknamed the Bloody Hundreth, who served under the Eighth Air Force for the US during World War II.The series, produced by Apple Studios, features a cast filled with the stars of tomorrow, including Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Barry Keoghan, Isabel May, Raff Law and Ncuti Gatwa.Masters Of The Air is pitched as a companion series to 2001’s Band Of Brothers and 2010’s The Pacific.
In 2001, the TV mini-series was forever altered by HBO’s “Band of Brothers,” a towering achievement in the form and quite simply one of the best WWII films or shows of all time. Based on the book by Stephen E.
Austin Butler, Barry Keoghan, and Callum Turner are hitting the red carpet to promote their new Apple TV+ series!
The Bachelor is back this Monday night with 28-year-old tennis pro Joey Graziadei (from Charity Lawson's season of The Bachelorette) in the driver's seat. After the massive success of , I can't say I'm dying to see another twenty-something try to fall in love (seriously, what's it going to take to get some more 30-and-40-something bachelors and bachelorettes in the mix?), but Joey's season is being billed as the most romantic, so maybe I'll be surprised.
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.