Butler’s performance as Elvis earned him a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination.
Austin Butler had to take concrete measures to be able to leave behind the characteristic accent of Elvis Presley for his role in the biographical film Elvis of Baz Luhrmannso much so that he needed professional help.
On Wednesday’s episode of The Late Show, the actor opened up about how difficult it was to get out of the King of Rock & Roll’s headspace when it came time to film his next project, the World War II miniseries Masters of the Air.
“It was a lot,” Butler said. “I was just trying to remember who I was, I was trying to remember what I liked to do. All I thought about was Elvis for three years.” He added, “I had a dialect coach just to help me not sound like Elvis in that movie.”
Austin Butler’s path to becoming Elvis Presley
Butler previously spoke about the work she put into perfecting her Presley accent, telling EW that she created her own personal “sound catalog” of every word the singer said, just to make sure she was getting the pronunciation right.
“I would hear him say a certain word and I would cut out that part to find out how he said that word.”Butler explained. “I created my own file of how he said each word and each diphthong, and the way I used musicality in his voice.”
Butler’s performance as Elvis earned him a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination, but people joked online that he was still using the voice while doing press for the film. He recently told EW that he had to “shed one skin and try to move on” to play Major Gale Cleven on Masters of the Air.
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