Butler won a Golden Globe for the role, and got nominated for an Oscar. He also got approval from Priscilla Presley, 79, and Lisa Marie Presley, shortly before the latter’s death at age 54 in 2023.
Austin Butler hasn’t been able to shake off his “Elvis” voice. WireImage
“I don’t think I sound like him still, but I guess I must because I hear it a lot,” Butler said at the time.
When he hosted “Saturday Night Live,” he joked, “There’s people out there who say that ever since I played Elvis, my voice has changed. That it got deeper, more Elvis-y. But that’s not true. I’ve always sounded like this.”
“It’s funny to me because I don’t even think about it,” he said at the time. “I guess after three years of doing everything that I could to focus on this one goal of trying to bring life to Elvis in this film, I think that there’s certain muscular habits that must pop up.
“If I was trying to sound like Elvis, I would sound very different right now,” he continued. “I think it’s sort of amusing to me how much people want to focus on this one thing.”
“Because of COVID shutdowns, he was working on it all the time, and it’s difficult to switch off something you’ve spent so much focus time on,” she told ABC Gold Coast .
“I feel sorry people are saying that, you know, it’s still acting [but] he’s actually taken [the voice] on board,” she said. “I don’t know how long that will last, or if it’s going to be there forever.”
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