Austin Butler Finally Admits He’s ‘Getting Rid’ Of Elvis Accent After Being Trolled By Fans

Everyone’s been each shook up implicit Austin Butler’s Elvis Presley accent ever since the Oscar-nominated histrion filmed the movie astir the King of Rock and Roll. Austin addressed his Elvis accent and admits his dependable volition apt beryllium changing again. “I americium getting escaped of the accent, but I person astir apt damaged my vocal cords with each that singing,” Austin said connected The Graham Norton Show connected February 3, according to Insider. “One opus took 40 takes.”

Austin Butler arsenic Elvis Presley. (Warnes Bros.)

Ever since the Elvis property tour, fans person remarked that Austin’s dependable inactive sounds similar the precocious singer. The histrion hadn’t noticed the dependable change, contempt commentary going viral connected TikTok. “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 said aft winning the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor successful a Motion Picture – Drama.

He added, “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.”

Just days aft the Golden Globes, Austin’s beloved person Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis’ lone child, passed away astatine the property of 54 aft going into cardiac arrest. Austin, on with Lisa Marie’s household and friends, attended her funeral astatine Graceland mansion connected January 22. The histrion received his archetypal Oscar nomination for playing the iconic vocalist 2 days aboriginal connected January 24.

Austin Butler astatine the Golden Globes. (Earl Gibson III/Shutterstock)

Austin is moving connected from Elvis and looking up to caller roles. His Dune 2 co-star Dave Bautista revealed that Austin sounds thing similar Elvis playing Feyd-Rautha successful the upcoming sequel. “I don’t cognize who this feline was, but it’s not Austin Butler. It’s not Elvis,” Dave told USA Today. “His dependable is different, his look is different. Everything astir his demeanor is terrifying.”

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