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Burning love! Austin Butler is making headlines for his performance in Elvis, but there’s another breakout star in the movie: Olivia DeJonge, who plays Priscilla Presley.
The Australia native, 24, appears as the late singer’s wife, to whom he was married from 1967 to 1973. DeJonge has plenty of film and TV roles under her belt, but she was still nervous at the prospect of playing a real person who was very famous — and is still living.
“Honestly, I remember feeling very intimidated when I got the role, but if you strip it down, she was 21 or 22,” the Better Watch Out actress told British Vogue in an interview published on Wednesday, June 22. “I’ve been in love before, so I can understand what that’s like. It was really just about playing somebody supportive and full of life.”
Elvis died in August 1977 at age 42, but Priscilla, now 77, has expressed her admiration for both Butler and DeJonge’s performances in the film. “It is a true story told brilliantly and creatively that only Baz, in his unique artistic way, could have delivered,” the Dallas alum tweeted in April. “Austin Butler, who played Elvis is outstanding. Halfway through the film, Jerry [Schilling] and I looked at each other and said ‘WOW!!! Bravo to him.’ He knew he had big shoes to fill. He was extremely nervous playing this part. I can only imagine.”
In an Instagram post one month later, she revealed that her and Elvis’ daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, “loved” the film when she saw it. “I relived every moment in this film,” Priscilla wrote. “It took me a few days to overcome the emotions as it did with Lisa. Beautifully done Baz [Luhrmann], Tom [Hanks], Austin and Olivia.”
DeJonge, for her part, was thrilled to work with Luhrmann, 59, a fellow Australian and
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Austin Butler had more than a few nerves when it came time to take on the role of Elvis Presley in the upcoming Baz Luhrmann-directed biopic, . The actor dealt with his nerves by becoming nearly «obsessive» in his research for the role, learning all about Elvis' life, career, family, and even his iconic voice.«I said, 'I'm just gonna drop everything and I'm gonna obsess. I'm going to allow myself to obsess,'» he recalled in a behind-the-scenes clip from the film. «And so I just started reading and watching everything I could on his life and on his friends and on his relationships and listened to only his music.»The other thing Butler had working in his favor as he tackled the daunting role was the support of Elvis' family.