Everything Austin Butler Has Said About Changing His Voice to Play Elvis Presley in ‘Elvis’

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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.In July 2019, it was announced that the Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood actor would be playing the legendary late musician in the Baz Luhrmann film.

When shooting for the project began in early 2020, Luhrmann gushed about his leading man and his take on Elvis Presley.“I always avoid getting in and heralding the work we’re doing before we do it, but during the testing process, his commitment, his transformative abilities from the young Elvis to beyond, he had been playing so very well,” the Moulin Rouge director said to Deadline in March 2020. “He was terrific.

There was such great energy and excitement in the cast and company, about the show we were about to shoot.”Ahead of filming, Butler studied the “Can’t Help Falling in Love With You” crooner’s mannerisms and his voice.

In addition to playing the character, he also sang on the soundtrack. In June 2022, The Shannara Chronicles star opened up about all the training he did to master Elvis’ distinct sound.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“I sang every day [while preparing and filming] and would do my singing exercises first thing in the morning,” he said to Entertainment Weekly in June 2022. “It is really like a muscle.