Austin Butler will always cherish the instant friendship he formed with Lisa Marie Presley.
13.01.2023 - 23:51 / perezhilton.com
Um… Is Austin Butler trying to rewrite history here?!
The 31-year-old’s career has taken off since he scored the role of Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s film Elvis — but it turns out he had a little help from someone with manifesting the part. Who? None other than his ex-girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens! While they were still together, the High School Musical alum told Ryan Seacrest on Live with Kelly and Ryan in 2019 that she had been the one to encourage him to play the King of Rock and Roll, explaining:
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She continued:
Whoa! Did Vanessa predict the future or put that into the universe?! Either way she was spot on! Elvis has become a massive success for Austin’s career as he earned him his first Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture! You can ch-ch-check out the interview (below):
Crazy, right?! However, it looks like the 34-year-old actress won’t be getting a thank you from Austin anytime soon! During The Hollywood Reporter’s Actor Roundtable with Colin Farrell, Brendan Fraser, Jeremy Pope, Ke Huy Quan, and Adam Sandler, he shared a similar story about how he got the part. But according to Austin’s version, “a friend” convinced him to go after the role. The Carrie Diaries actor recalled:
He added:
See? Same exact story. Only he shorthanded his girlfriend of over NINE YEARS as “a friend.” Hilariously, Colin Farrell even asked for this “friend’s” number!
Woooowww. You can hear Austin’s entire recollection of the event (below):
It’s not like people didn’t know he and Vanessa were in a relationship for years or haven’t heard this story before, so why try to play it off as “a friend” manifested this instead of your ex-girlfriend?
Austin Butler will always cherish the instant friendship he formed with Lisa Marie Presley.
that the “friend” who first envisioned him playing Elvis Presley was, in fact, Hudgens, his ex-girlfriend of nine years. What's more, he even gave her credit. A win for unappreciated ex-girlfriends everywhere? Sure, why not.When Butler first told the story to , he said, “I was going to look at Christmas lights with a friend.
Austin Butler would like to thank… Vanessa Hudgens.
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By At long last, are here—and to no one’s surprise, topping the list for best actor is Austin Butler for his role as the titular character of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis. Butler has been a serious awards contender ever since Elvis first debuted back in June, and his transformation into the real-life rock star is exactly the kind of performance the Academy likes to recognize. earlier this month, Butler explains that it was a friend (emphasis my own) who got the bug in his brain that he should play Elvis after hearing him sing a Christmas song by the legendary artist.
, it's between 2011 and 2020. And luckily, she has just weighed in.Since starring in the Elvis biopic, Butler seems to have decided he just sounds like Elvis Presley now, a move that falls somewhere between getting stuck talking in a silly voice and .
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