Austin Butler It’s one of the night’s favorites. the oscars 2023. The actor, nominated for bringing to life Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s film, he arrives at the gala endorsed by the awards received at previous ceremonies, including the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama.
Butler prepared intensively for the role for over a year – he was cast in early 2019 and shot the film from September 2020 – and managed to master every move of the king of rock.
“I did everything in my physical training just so that my body could move, in addition I did a lot of rehabilitation because I injured my arm and my knee. I had to overcome a lot, I was doing karate every day and with my coach of movement, we studied Elvis,” he said in an AP Archive video.
Pelvic movements weren’t the only thing Austin Butler worked on during the film’s preparation, he also worked on his voice to get the singer’s southern accent and be able to sing like him. Because yes, Austin Butler sings in the film some of the Memphis artist’s most famous songs.
What parts does Austin Butler sing?
“Everything from the 50s, it’s me. After that, it’s a mix of my voice and Elvis’ voice,” Butler himself clarified in an interview on EW.
Thus, in the first songs of the film, the voice of the actor resounds, like that of the previous video (It’s good, from 1954), but there is a moment when it mixes with that of the singer. These are the songs that start playing when the story moves to Las Vegas. There, his voice is mixed with that of Elvis for a more realistic effect. “More specifically, in suspicious mind I can’t tell where my voice begins and where Elvis’s ends.”
Butler worked hard to sing like the king of rock. “I sang every day and doing my singing exercises was the first thing I did every morning”told how it was prepared during filming.
“The voice is really like a muscle. As we toured, I started to notice that I could hit notes that I couldn’t at first. I was expanding my vocal range. But It’s not just about singing, it’s also about finding vocal manners and it could be complicated,” said the actor, who has studied music and played guitar since he was 13.
“Music has always been a part of my life, but always a very private thing,” he explained in the aforementioned interview with EW. “It was just my own form of therapy. I knew the singing aspect was going to be something where I really wanted to give it my all.”
The ‘Elvis’ Songs Austin Butler Sings
Austin Butler performs the songs of Elvis prior to the King’s arrival in Las Vegas, are as follows: