Austin Butler and Tom Hanks suit up sharp for the premiere of their new film, Elvis, held at BFI Southbank on Tuesday night (May 31) in London, England.
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Lisa Marie Presley has made an official statement about Baz Luhrmann‘s Elvis movie.
Following her mom Priscilla‘s own statement on the movie, the 54-year-old singer took to social media to share her thoughts of Austin Butler portraying her late father.
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Lisa headed to Twitter to share her opinion for the first time since last year.
While first touching on how she is still in mourning over the loss of her son, Benjamin Keough, she then went on to open up about the movie.
“Let me tell you that it is nothing short of spectacular,” she wrote. “Absolutely exquisite. Austin Butler channeled and embodied my father’s heart and soul beautifully. In my humble opinion, his performance is unprecedented and finally done accurately and respectfully. (If he doesn’t get an Oscar for this, I will eat my own foot, haha.)”
Lisa continued, “You can feel and witness Baz’s pure love, care, and respect for my father throughout this beautiful film, and it is finally something that myself and my children and their children can be proud of forever.
“Baz, your utter genius combined with your love and respect for my father and this project is just so beautiful and so inspiring. I know I’m being repetitive, but I don’t care. Thank you for setting the record straight in such a deeply profound and artistic way.”
Priscilla also shared her opinion of the movie. You can read it here…
Austin Butler and Tom Hanks suit up sharp for the premiere of their new film, Elvis, held at BFI Southbank on Tuesday night (May 31) in London, England.
Austin Butler is receiving a lot of praise for his role as Elvis Presley. Butler plays the King of Rock n Roll in the upcoming Baz Luhrmann-directed biopic, out in June. Not only are critics praising the performance, the 30-year-old actor has gotten rave reviews from Elvis’ former wife, Priscilla Presley and daughter, Lisa Marie Presley.
Austin Butler is receiving a lot of praise for his role as Elvis Presley. Butler plays the King of Rock n Roll in the upcoming Baz Luhrmann-directed biopic, out in June. Not only are critics praising the performance, the 30-year-old actor has gotten rave reviews from Elvis’ former wife, Priscilla Presley and daughter,Lisa Marie Presley.
Elvis Presley took a toll on Austin Butler, as he had to be rushed to the hospital after filming the highly anticipated biopic, revealing that he started feeling “excrutiating pain.”During a recent interview with GQ the actor shared his experience working on the set of the movie.
Elvis Presley biopic.Set to be released in cinemas on June 24, Elvis charts the iconic musician’s career through his complicated relationship with manager Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks).Butler, who plays Elvis, recalled in an interview with GQ UK how his body “started shutting down” after filming concluded in March 2021. He was later diagnosed with a virus that simulates appendicitis and spent a week bedridden.“The next day I woke up at four in the morning with excruciating pain, and I was rushed to hospital,” Butler said.
Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler are packing on the PDA!
2022 Cannes Film Festival, where Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler were in full PDA mode!The 20-year-old model and 30-year-old star walked the red carpet Wednesday for the world premiere of the Baz Luhrmann-directed biopic and didn't let the cameras deter them from showing their affection. In fact, it appears as if it was Gerber, looking stunning in a red gown, who grabbed Butler's face with both hands and planted a wet one on the budding actor.Once inside the theater, the audience got to enjoy the highly anticipated screening of the film set to be released June 24.
Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, and Olivia DeJonge headlined the star-studded premiere for the upcoming Elvis Presley biopic at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday. The group was also joined by the singer’s ex-wife, Priscilla Presley. On the red carpet, Luhrmann showed off a flashy Elvis belt buckle to an impressed Butler. The group was also peppered with a long list of other stars showing their support, including Shakira, Sharon Stone, Ricky Martin, Kylie Minogue, Maye Musk, Jwan Yosef, Winnie Harlow, Shanina Shaik, Elsa Hosk, Candice Swanepoel, Stella Maxwell, Adriana Lima, and Andre Lemmers. Team #Elvis has entered the building.
Kaia Gerber is at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival to support her boyfriend Austin Butler‘s new movie!
Committed to the role. Austin Butler found himself in a scary situation after he wrapped filming on Elvis last year.
Austin Butler transformed into Elvis Presley for Baz Luhrmann's upcoming biopic, but as the actor revealed to it seems his body had enough. «My body just started shutting down the day after I finished Austin explained.»The next day I woke up at four in the morning with excruciating pain, and I was rushed to the hospital." As for the diagnosis, the actor says he suffered from a virus that simulates appendicitis and ultimately ended up spending a full week bedridden.The role was also an emotional one. He spoke to about his trek to Graceland, where he first met Elvis’s ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, and was greeted with unconditional support from her. “She looked like an angel,” Austin recalls.
Austin Butler put his all into playing Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming biopic.
Baz Luhrmann’s new biopic “Elvis” will certainly prove to be emotional for the late King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s millions of fans, and was even more so for his granddaughter, actress Riley Keough.
Zack Sharf It’s quite the Cannes Film Festival for first-time director Riley Keough.Not only is she debuting her first movie as a filmmaker (“War Pony,” which she co-directed with her producing partner Gina Gammell), but her family history is the subject of Baz Luhrmann’s starry film, “Elvis,” which will make its world premiere next week at the festival. Keough is the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, played in the film by Austin Butler.Keough joined Variety and Kering at Cannes for a Women In Motion conversation, where she said Luhrmann spoke to her family when working on his film, but she was never approached for a role, despite the strong resemblance she has to her grandmother, Priscilla Presley, and mother, Lisa Marie Presley. Keough also revealed that the trio of women watched the movie together.
Zack Sharf Lisa Marie Presley is throwing Austin Butler into the Oscar conversation ahead of Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” world premiering at the Cannes Film Festival later this month. Butler stars as the King of Rock and Roll in the film, which also features Tom Hanks as Elvis’ infamous manager Colonel Tom Parker. Lisa Marie, the daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, saw Luhrmann’s movie twice and took to social media to rave about what she saw.“Let me tell you that it is nothing short of spectacular,” Lisa Marie said.
Elvis biopic, saying that it’s “nothing short of spectacular”.The singer and daughter of the late Elvis Presley wrote online that she’s seen the film, which is released next month, twice and cannot fault the “absolutely exquisite” movie that she believes lead star Austin Butler will win an Oscar for.Posting on Twitter in the wake of her son Benjamin Keough’s suicide in July 2020, the sole heir to her father’s estate explained why she felt so compelled to speak about Elvis as she continues to struggle with grief.“Hello, I haven’t posted in quite some time because there really isn’t much to say, as I’m and will forever be mourning the loss of my son. Navigating through this hideous grief that absolutely destroyed & shattered my heart and my soul into almost nothing has swallowed me whole,” Presley wrote.However, that being said, I do want to take a moment to let you know that I've seen Baz Luhrmann's movie “Elvis” twice now.
Gallery: They followed their passion until their very last day. . . The stars who died doing exactly what they loved! (BANG Showbiz)"It breaks my heart that my son isn't here to see it.
Lisa Marie Presley is sharing her review on Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming “Elvis” biopic. The daughter of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley took to Instagram Saturday to praise the movie and share how much her children enjoyed it — including her late son, Benjamin, who she said would’ve “absolutely loved” the film.