It also includes Dacre Montgomery, Luke Bracey, YolaMaggie Gyllenhaal and Rufus Sewell. Tom Hanks plays Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker in the movie. Actress Olivia DeJonge will be seen playing Presley's wife, Priscilla. " Elvis" will hit the theaters on June 24. "You spend so much time obsessing about one thing, and it really is like muscular habits, your mouth can change. I’m not surprised that it clicks in," Butler told Elle last week. "I didn't do anything else for two years, that's such a large chunk of life. In a separate interview, Butler explained why some fans think were criticizing his voice and his way of speaking. Obviously, there are signature things that he did that you have to be specific about, but it was all about the way that the music moved him."Īfter a portion of the interview was shared on Youtube, many fans commented that Butler was "pretty cool" and had a "raspy voice."Īnother fan added, "A lot of people say that he's 'faking his voice' or 'trying to sound like Elvis' but what y'all have to understand is that he put his everything into this role for about 3 almost 4 years and literally studied Elvis from top to bottom." "Elvis didn't do choreography in the way that Michael did," Butler shared. So the idea that she was a little boy, and she'd put a dress on, so she's sort of acting feminine, rather than inherently being what we understand as feminine.The actor also spoke about the late singer, who was popularly known as King of Rock. We spoke a lot about a boy in a dress, as Whitney. "When she was a kid, she didn't wear dresses, she was wearing dungarees and hanging out with her brothers, and she was exposed to drugs very early. They worked on her background as a gospel singer and also the fact she was a tomboy growing up, very different to the glamorous superstar people came to know. Naomi Ackie on her transformation into Whitney HoustonĪckie's transformation into Houston was just as impressive, says Bennett, despite the film falling a little under the radar in comparison with the other two. Why British star's nomination has sparked controversy The Oscars luncheon in pictures: Inside the big preview party He's not just doing it because it feels good, he's doing it because it's something that he's worked on his whole life." ", what do you see in his stage performances that feels similar to that? And Rami was like, 'he does the fist raises'. Mercury boxed as a child, she says, which is reflected in the way he performed. So I made Rami walk up and down Oxford Street with his microphone above his head, while he was training, to get him used to the idea of people looking at him, and wanting people to look at him." at that point he wasn't a performer that had ever been on stage himself. He was also known for his distinctive fashion. "We had to do a lot of work of just understanding music, hearing beats in music, hearing accents, being able to hear the half counts. Famous for his pioneering music and rhythmic dance moves, he made a major contribution to the music scene. ![]() Working with Butler was different to Malek, who was not such a natural mover. 'I made Rami walk up and down Oxford Street with his mic' So you have to try and find the essence of a person rather than try and do everything exact, because everything exact actually doesn't sit right in Austin's body." And obviously Austin, as much as he tried, isn't an exact replica of Elvis his arms are different lengths, his body is a different shape. "We're trying to understand the difference between imitation and embodying. So rather than just looking at one piece of footage and going, that's how he moves now, it's trying to rewind and go, where did he get this from? That's so much more helpful for an actor than just copying. That's what Elvis grew up around - a mum who was quite effervescent, and moved. "His mum used to tap dance and do the shuffles and the bops in their house. He'd be in the '50s one day and then the next day he would be in a jumpsuit on stage."īennett also used Presley's heritage to teach Butler. "We had to keep him flexible in that sense because the filming schedule was out of sequence. Luhrmann's Elvis charts the singer from his teenage years until his death at the age of 42, so Butler, now 31, had to learn different Presleys as he aged. ![]() Image: (L-R) Rami Malek, Bennett and Butler at the BAFTAs.
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