Austin Butler ‘Doesn’t Think He Sounds Like’ Elvis After Fans Go Wild Over His Voice At Globes

Austin Butler, 31, disagrees with fans who deliberation helium inactive sounds like Elvis Presley, aft transforming into the King of Rock and Roll for Baz Luhrmann‘s movie. Austin won his archetypal Golden Globe connected January 10 and was mocked online for talking similar Elvis successful his acceptance speech. The histrion was asked astir his dependable alteration aboriginal successful the property room, and helium said, “I don’t adjacent deliberation astir it. I don’t deliberation I dependable similar him still, but I conjecture I haven’t noticed ’cause I perceive it a lot.”

Austin Butler responds to those that accidental they inactive perceive traces of Elvis' accent successful his speaking voice:

“I had 3 years wherever that was my lone focus, truthful I'm definite there's pieces of him successful my DNA and I’ll ever beryllium linked.” pic.twitter.com/qj3jCDzktS

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 11, 2023

Austin Butler wins a Golden Globe for ‘Elvis’ (Photo: Earl Gibson III/Shutterstock)

Austin further told reporters, “I think, I often liken it to erstwhile idiosyncratic lives successful different state for a agelong time, and I had 3 years wherever that was my lone absorption successful life, truthful I’m definite that there’s conscionable pieces of my DNA that volition ever beryllium linked successful that way.”

Austin’s been unfastened astir the large lengths helium went to successful bid to play Elvis for the 2022 biopic. In December, helium revealed to Janelle Monáe for a Variety interview that helium “didn’t spot my household for 3 years” portion helium was preparing for the role.

“I had months wherever I wouldn’t speech to anybody,” helium shared. “And erstwhile I did, the lone happening I was ever reasoning astir was Elvis. I was speaking successful his dependable the full time.”

Austin Butler successful ‘Elvis’ (Photo: Warner Bros. / Everett Collection)

During his post-Golden Globe triumph interviews, Austin besides shared however helium felt receiving the grant successful beforehand of Elvis’ ex-wife Priscilla Presley and their girl Lisa Marie Presley, who person praised Austin’s show successful the film. “I conscionable consciousness truthful endlessly grateful to them that they provided this abstraction for maine to someway effort to seizure the essence of this man that means truthful overmuch to them, and that they emotion truthful much,” helium said, according to Entertainment Tonight.

This was Austin’s archetypal information astatine the Golden Globes and his archetypal win. The Carrie Diaries alum was truthful appreciative successful his acceptance speech aft helium won Best Actor successful a Motion Picture – Drama. “Oh, man, each my words are leaving me. I conscionable americium truthful grateful close now. I’m successful this country afloat of my heroes,” helium said, earlier giving a peculiar shoutout to manager Baz Luhrman. “I beryllium this to a bold, visionary filmmaker who allowed maine the acquisition to instrumentality risks and I ever knew I would beryllium supported,” Austin said. “I emotion you, Baz Luhrmann.”

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