Critics seem to like or hate film director Baz Luhrmann's biography "Elvis", but Austin Butler excels at portraying the "King of Rock" and "Roll".
Butler appeared in the teen shows "Hannah Montana," "iCarly," "Switched at Birth," and then "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," starting playing background characters in Hollywood productions. ,
Now he is breaking the rhythm of Elvis Presley's words about the hip-spinning movement and the trials and tribulations of singers and actors in Rahman's musical film.
"I thought I wouldn't do it if I couldn't find someone to play Elvis," Rahman told Reuters.
"(Butler) sent this video, but it wasn't the audition. He lost a mom the same age as Elvis, had a nightmare, walked downstairs, hooked up an iPhone and sang, so he broke down." “…his agent starts the process by saying “send it to buzz,” but when he comes in, he comes in and was a little down Elvis Street when I met him.”
But when Butler began filming his first performance, a production of Presley's 1968 concert, after a year and a half of preparation, he "walked down Elvis Street" as much as he wanted. He says it was not.
“I felt so much responsibility, and what comes with it is an incredible amount of horror. I was so scared,” Butler said.
"I went on stage and the music started... I looked down, looked at the leather on my arm and the ring on my finger, and I felt like I was looking through his eyes. It was the most remarkable out-of-body experience." was the experience."
After three years from the 2019 casting involving Elvis, Butler's journey ended with the film's world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
He said, "I had never seen this film and felt this weight in the middle of Act 1 with such a big sigh."
Elvis will begin a global cinema rollout on Wednesday.