Through a journey of extensive screen testing and music and performance workshops, I knew unequivocally that I had found someone who could embody the spirit of one of the world’s most iconic musical figures”. ‘ The Great Gatsby‘ director Luhrmann was quoted saying, “I knew I couldn’t make this film if the casting wasn’t absolutely right, and we searched thoroughly for an actor with the ability to evoke the singular natural movement and vocal qualities of this peerless star, but also the inner vulnerability of the artist. In Butler, the director saw an actor who has credit and chops, and is ready for a major jump-up. Elvis serves as a very broad-strokes musical biopic about the life and times and, of course, music of Elvis Presley, played magnificently by Austin Butler. Butler made his Broadway debut in 2018 with the revival of ‘ The Iceman Cometh’, playing Don Parritt opposite Denzel Washington.īutler won the role of Elvis Presley after director Luhrmann went through quite a thorough search for the cast. Austin Butler takes on the role of rock and roll icon Elvis Presley in the new Baz Lurhmann biopic, making a complete transformation to play ‘The King’.
He also has a role in Jim Jarmusch’s ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ and will also be seen in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’, set in 1960s Los Angeles and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. In 2022, Butler also performed the song in the biopic Elvis and earned an Academy Award best actor nomination for his portrayal. The first trailer for Elvis has arrived, and yes, that really is star Austin Butler singing in the Presley role.
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The 27-year-old actor earlier starred in the TV shows ‘ The Carrie Diaries’ and ‘Arrow’.
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