In the movie ‘Elvis’ the lead Austin Butler made the list of actors who are identical to the characters they played, because not only does he look identical, but his voice sounds like him.
The biopic of the famous musician shows the rise in the career of Elvis Presley (Austin Butler) to stardom in the hands of his agent “Colonel” Tom Parker (Tom Hanks).
With this role, Austin Butler from his appearance on “iCarly” won the 2023 Golden Globes and is also competing for an Oscar, but training his voice to sing like he does and getting so deep into the role has physical consequences.
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Austin Butler can’t stop talking like Elvis because he’s hurt
Although Butler’s role as Elvis has been praised and recognized with awards and nominations, it has drawn attention that the actor has not stopped talking like the singer in real life.
The actor has had the accent since May 2022 when the film was shown at the Cannes Film Festival, during promotional interviews, in his appearance on “Saturday Night Live” in December and even at the 2023 Golden Globes.
Although Butler initially told E! News on January 10, 2023, that he didn’t know he was still speaking like Elvis because he couldn’t tell the difference, he soon accepted that he had gotten too deep into the role.
The 31-year-old actor appeared on a Feb. 3, 2023 episode of the “Graham Norton Show” and revealed that after three years in the role, he’s realized he’s talking like Elvis and is going to stop doing it because he’s already done damage. neck.
As one of Hollywood’s method actors, Austin Butler, may have modified and damaged his vocal chords by putting too much pressure on them for several years, said Irene Bartlett, his voice coach for “Elvis.”
Speaking on ‘ABC Gold Coast’ on January 16, 2023, the also professor at Griffith University in Australia explained that the larynx does not stabilize in a person until the age of 30, so they could have an accent for some time.
Butler has also compared his voice to the phenomenon that happens to people after living for a long time in a country other than their own, where they unwittingly adopt the accent.
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