A little less conversation? Not for Austin Butler and Vanessa Hudgens, who have continued to talk about each other following their 2020 breakup.
20.01.2023 - 02:39 / usmagazine.com
Totally in character! Vanessa Hudgens couldn’t help but take a playful swipe at her ex-boyfriend Austin Butler while chiming in on the debate surrounding his Elvis voice.
The High School Musical actress, 34, replied to a screenshot of a headline about Butler, 31, and his commitment to his character in Baz Luhrmann‘s 2022 biopic. “He went to the Lady Gaga school of Oscar campaign acting,” Instagram user @ryinskott captioned the Thursday, January 19, upload.
Hudgens teased in the comments section: “Crying.”
Butler received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Elvis Presley and won Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama at the 2023 Golden Globes earlier this month. During his acceptance speech, the California native thanked Priscilla Presley and the late Lisa Marie Presley for their support as he took on the role of a lifetime. (Lisa Marie died at age 54 two days after the awards show after going into cardiac arrest.)
Elvis also starred Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, Dacre Montgomery and more. Production wrapped on the movie in March 2021, but fans of the Carrie Diaries alum have noticed that his speaking voice still resembles that of the King of Rock n’ Roll.
“I don’t think I sound like him still, but I guess I must because I hear it a lot,” Butler told reporters in the Golden Globes press room on January 10. “I had three years where that was my only focus. So, I’m sure there’s pieces of him in my DNA and I’ll always be linked.”
Vocal coach Irene Bartlett, meanwhile, explained the deep “connection” she saw Butler find with Elvis on the set of the biopic. “Because of COVID shutdowns, he was working on it all the time and it’s difficult to switch off something you’ve spent so much focus [and] time on,” she told ABC’s
A little less conversation? Not for Austin Butler and Vanessa Hudgens, who have continued to talk about each other following their 2020 breakup.
Can’t escape the King! Austin Butler went through in-depth training while preparing for his role in the 2022 Elvis Presley biopic — and his voice hasn’t been the same since.
Elvis, in which he portrayed the titular King of Rock, and so has his voice—a spot-on Elvis Presley impression. But the days of Elvis's scratchy twang may be behind him for good.On a February 3 episode of The Graham Norton Show, Butler opened up about the public's reaction to his Elvis voice. “It made me self-conscious for a second because I thought, Am I being phony? Is this not my voice?” he told Norton.
People that the High School Musical is engaged to Major League Baseball player Cole Tucker on February 3. first reported the exciting news on February 2, with a source revealing that Tucker proposed towards the end of 2022. The pair have been dating since Hudgens in 2020, shortly following her breakup with Elvis star Austin Butler. “I remember in quarantine I was like, ‘Cool, I’m single now and I can’t meet anybody, so I guess I’ll go on a dating app,’” she said during her appearance on .
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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.
They’re all shook up! Austin Butler and Vanessa Hudgens have both recounted the story of how his Elvis biopic role came to be — but fans have noticed some subtle differences in the tales.
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 .
Vanessa Hudgens is making it clear how she feels about her ex Austin Butler‘s accent change!
Not an act. Austin Butler’s voice coach Irene Bartlett addressed how the actor’s voice changed since playing the iconic Elvis Presley.
Three days after Lisa Marie Presley died after going into cardiac arrest, Austin Butler appeared at the Critics’ Choice Awards, where he is nominated for his portrayal of her father, Elvis Presley, in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis.