Twitter can’t assist falling in love with Austin Butler as Elvis — however not everybody.
The 30-year-old actor stepped into the blue suede footwear of rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis Presley within the first trailer for director Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming biopic.
Warner Bros. dropped a full-length three-minute clip Thursday that includes Butler dressed because the musician — slick black hair, sun shades and his well-known bedazzled white jumpsuit — in addition to Tom Hanks as his supervisor, Colonel Tom Parker, and Olivia DeJonge as Presley’s spouse Priscilla.
Hanks, 65, narrates the teaser, eerily stating: “There are some who make me out to be the villain of this right here story.”
A scene reveals Elvis giving a transferring efficiency onstage. As soon as he finishes singing his tunes, Parker says to him, “Are you born with future? Or does it simply come knocking at your door?”
“At that second I watched that skinny boy remodel right into a superhero. He was my future,” Parker notes.
Nonetheless, not everybody had burning love for Butler portraying Presley. On Twitter, some had been confused over the casting alternative whereas others slammed Butler for not trying like he embodied the function.
One consumer stated “Tudors” star Jonathan Rhys Meyers would have been a better option. “I do know Jonathan Rhys Meyers is a LITTLE bit older nowadays however he seems to be spot-on as Elvis and I feel nonetheless would have been a tremendous alternative … nonetheless completely happy for Austin although.”
”Idk man, I don’t see Elvis, Austin’s face is just too fairly for that. I don’t really feel the blues,” one other added. “[He] seems to be extra like John Travolta than Elvis Presley,” stated one other fan.
“This seems to be terrible,” somebody merely tweeted. One viewer said, “He doesn’t appear to be him … proper?”
However others had been all shook up about “The Carrie Diaries” star because the King.
“Austin’s gonna sweep all of the awards subsequent season. He nailed Elvis,” one wrote. “I’m truly excited for this he’s a proficient actor and has the look down,” chimed in one other.
The Nineteen Fifties period flick options the “Jailhouse Rock” singer reflecting on his profession as he faces controversy for his dance strikes and lyrics through the time interval.
“Some individuals wish to put me in jail, the best way I used to be transferring,” Butler as Presely stated within the trailer. “I can’t transfer, I can’t sing.”
“I’m virtually 40 and no one’s going to recollect me. I must get again to who I actually am. This might all be over in a flash,” he sighed in a single trailer shot.
Varied scenes additionally present Presley being mobbed endlessly by followers and singing to his adoring crowds.
Throughout a digital press convention, Butler and Luhrmann, 59, mentioned the movie and the “Can’t Assist Falling in Love” crooner’s legacy.
“On this trendy period, Elvis couldn’t have been a greater canvas to discover America within the 50s, 60s and 70s,” the Australian filmmaker stated, in accordance with the Wrap.
Butler chimed in and defined that the movie’s enchantment is “basically attending to discover the humanity of anyone who has grow to be the wallpaper of society.”
The “As soon as Upon a Time … in Hollywood” actor added that he had “big footwear to fill” for the function.
“Elvis” is ready to sing itself into theaters June 24.
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