Austin Butler

Austin Butler appeared on "The Tonight Show" and showed off his "Elvis" impressions to Jimmy Fallon.

Austin Butler responds to claims that his voice changed after playing 'Elvis' in Baz Luhrmann's new movie.

While Butler's everyday voice may now have a tinge of Presley, it's not at all the same as going full Elvis—which he demonstrated while a guest on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon on June 15. Still, there is a distinct tonal difference between how Butler spoke before he was cast as Elvis Presley and how he speaks now, after imitating the King's idiosyncratic baritone every day for so long. “Certain situations trigger it, I think,” he said with a smile, like being surrounded by Elvis's name at all times.

Austin Butler, who plays Elvis Presley in an upcoming biopic directed by Baz Luhrmann, taught Jimmy Fallon some of the late singer's iconic moves.

“It was all the music moving him.” “He’s the best.” I know that I’m constantly changing.”

Austin Butler has more than singing and dancing in common with Elvis Presley.

“When I learned about his mom — and then knowing that we were the exact same age — that just hit me,” he said. The biopic chronicles Elvis' rise to fame while maintaining a complicated relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker. While on TODAY with Hoda and Jenna Thursday, Butler —who plays the late legend in the upcoming biopic, “Elvis" — said he initially struggled with tapping into Elvis' character beyond surface-level elements.

Austin Butler showed off his Elvis Presley voice impressions and dance moves during his June 15 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Audiences around the world will finally get to see Butler's mind-blowing performance in "Elvis" on June 24. Austin Butler is still very much tapped into his Elvis Presley portrayal. The "Elvis" star — still partially using his Elvis accent — called the film "the biggest responsibility I've ever felt," revealing that he leaned into his role as much as he could to bring an authentic depiction of the late singer to life.

The actor plays the King himself in the upcoming biopic, out June 24.

"When I first met him I was at Baz's house in Australia," the young actor recalled. But there's also a huge amount of faith that he had in the process and in himself that is not unlike Elvis." "Part of that is certainly channeling, part of it is the drive that Austin has, and always has as an actor. "The fact that I knew that he experienced stage fright, it relieved so much," he admitted. "When he came out onstage, he was electrifying!" That was the goal, to always have his soul in that."

After learning that he and Elvis Presley both lost their mothers when they were 23, Austin Butler was able to fully connect to the crooner.

“I just absorbed everything that I possibly could.” “When I learned about his mom — and then knowing that we were the exact same age — that just hit me,” he explained. “It was just one of those things where you know the stars are aligning and that just became the most personal thing.”

Few others besides Elvis have played his 1956 Gibson J-200. Paul McCartney, who has enjoyed some success himself as a recording artist, once tuned it.

The J-200 was acquired stock, and notably was paid for on account of Elvis’ manager Tom “The Colonel” Parker forbidding him to take on any artist endorsements. It is the same guitar Elvis used on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1957, albeit with a tooled-leather covering for a little extra visual pizazz. It also looked the bee’s knees, with solid Sitka spruce on top, curly maple on the back and sides, and a moustache-style bridge.

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The first time that I saw it I was nervous, I was gripping the chair going like, ‘Oh God, what’s going to happen? The King would continue using the guitar for years, with him playing it during his Las Vegas residencies from 1969. Priscilla Presley arrived with her daughter Lisa Marie and granddaughter Riley Keough for the special screening. I saw it twice. A new video has also been shared showing Butler playing Can't Help Falling In Love on the guitar. This guitar hasn’t been played by many people.

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"I started crying five minutes in and didn't stop. Riley, a successful actor, said at the screening: "It was a very emotional experience. In an interview with GQ, the actor revealed: "His mother passed away when he was 23, and my mum passed away when I was 23.

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Austin Butler has shot to fame since being cast as Elvis. His previous major film credit was for the role of Manson Family member Tex Watson in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and he is set to appear in the upcoming sequel to Dune, slated to hit cinemas in 2023. Paul McCartney once got to tune it, according to Keogh, who described Butler’s visit as “a special and overwhelming experience”. Elvis acquired the J-200 in 1956; allegedly Elvis’ Manager Tom “The Colonel” Parker forbade artist endorsements, so the guitar was bought up front. Few people besides Elvis are known to have played the guitar.

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"I mean, are you kidding me? "... I would obsess about the way he used his voice." … It was just obsession," he added of nailing the character.

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