Has been evident in every interview that the actor has offered since the release of the tape and even in his recent acceptance speech upon receiving the Golden Globe: Austin Butler, the protagonist of the Elvis biopic, He still talks like the king of rock.
The southern accent (Elvis was born in Tupelo, Mississippi) is still a part of Butler’s everyday life, although its filming ended in March 2021 and premiered in June of last year.
To cultivate Elvis’s way of speaking, Butler worked for months with dialect coach Irene Bartlett, who has ensured that the actor is not already adopting a character. and that what we hear now is his real voice, with an accent “that is here to stay.”
Apparently, Butler has tried to leave behind that characteristic accent, still without success. This was stated in an interview in June last year. “At this point, I still ask people if it’s my voice because it feels like my real voice.”then said to Entertainment Tonight.
Butler is also up for an Academy Award for Best Actor. at the ceremony that will take place next Sunday, March 12.
“Due to the COVID-19 quarantines during filming, he was working on that voice the whole time and it’s hard to turn off something he’s spent so much time and attention on”, also said his coach, referring to Butler’s two-year preparation before filming began.
In 2013, an online poll declared Elvis’ southern accent ‘the sexiest in North America’‘.
Results published by the dating website Cupid.com found that 36.5% of 2,000 men and women surveyed said that ‘those from the south have hands down the most attractive accent of the United States and Canada.
Source: Eluniverso
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