Elvis: Does Austin Butler really sing in the movie?

Fiction fans may have discovered it in The Shannara Chronicles, which ran from 2016-2017 before being canceled after two short seasons. But it was Austin Butler who revealed himself in Cannes. And three times: Between the zombies and Jim Jarmusch Dead, which opened in 2019, in the first place. Then, as an annoying killer in a movie once. In Hollywood, by Quentin Tarantino, the same year.

But, of course, 2022 marks a turning point, without competition, but in the foreground and under the cover of Elvis Presley, in a biographical film dedicated to Buzz Lurman. And in which he carries out an absolutely spectacular performance, especially in that he moves like a king on stage, with insane energy. But is he the one who is voting?

The answer is clearly yes: when you see Elvis sing in the movie of the same name, it’s Austin Butler’s voice that you hear. And so to reassure all viewers, Baz Luhrmann has released a camera test from 2019 in which the actor also plays guitar.

As the director specifies in his tweet, when the young Elvis sings, it is the actor and only he can understand. Where his and the king’s voices are mixed together when the singer is older so that Tony is as faithful as possible. But the actor’s investment exceeded his director’s expectations.

“I thought he could not deliver the voice of the young Elvis, so I told him we were going to record songs for the singer.”Tells us at the Baz Luhrmann Cannes Film Festival last May. “He said he did not mind doing that. And when I asked him if he was singing, he shook his hand to see. The next day he came in with a song and it was Elvis. He trained a lot. A lot, but he was 100 percent in that role.”

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“When the process started, I made sure my vote was identical”Explained Austin Butler HollywoodReporter In February. “It’s awful. But it was the spark that set the fire on fire. I had a vocal trainer for a year before filming started.” In addition to watching many videos to capture Elvis tone and gestures and the most beautiful tribute to him.

“I feel a great responsibility to Elvis, Priscilla and Lisa Marie and to all the people in the world who love her so much.” After winning auditions for Harry Styles, Ansel Elgort or Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Austin Butler thus proved to Baz Luhrmann that he was not mistaken. And it would not be surprising if his stunning performance took him to the Oscars on March 27th.

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