The saga of Austin Butler's strange fake Elvis voice continues, as the actor has confirmed that he used a “dialect trainer” to help him get rid of the King's iconic accent after continuing to use it long after the release of the Elvis biopic. Baz Luhrmann of 2022. Elvis.
Sitting down last night for an interview about The last show with Stephen ColbertButler confessed that after the three-year filming process Elvis He concluded that he was a little daunted by what to do next. “He was just trying to remember who he was,” he said. “I was trying to remember what I liked to do. The only thing I thought about was Elvis for three years.”
As Butler explained, his Elvis Her co-star Tom Hanks finally gave her a path forward by offering her a role in the Apple TV+ series. masters of the air (the theme of Consequencelatest cover story). Deciding to direct his “dialect and all” method of acting toward a new role, partly at the suggestion of Hanks, who joked that Butler would “lose.” [his] mind” after focusing on Elvis for so long; Butler only took one week off after finishing Elvis before beginning to prepare to play World War II veteran Major Gale “Buck” Cleven.
“I had that week off and then I flew to London, and at the time it was COVID, so they quarantined me for 10 days, so I thought, 'Alright, put all this energy into learning about World War II now.' ”said Butler.
But, as anyone who has heard Butler speak in public over the past few years can attest, there was still one small problem: his persistent “Elvis voice.” For that, Butler decided to use the same thing he used to master his impersonation in the first place: a dialect trainer. “I had a dialect coach just to help me not sound like Elvis,” he told Colbert. “That was it”.
Surprisingly, Colbert didn't really ask any follow-up questions about Butler's de-Elvisization, nor about the professionals who helped him through it, so we're left a little short on the details of how things happened. Listening to Butler speak in the interview, it seems like she's gotten a little better and lost some of that Southern twang, but overall it still sounds like a well-placed compliment of a “Thank you, thank you very much.”
However, Elvis incurable or not, Butler certainly seems to have connected with his new role in masters of the air. Speaking with Colbert, he made clear his fascination and reverence for the sacrifice made by World War II airmen, as did his co-star Nate Mann when he spoke with Consequence for our series cover story. Named by Consequence as one of the 25 most anticipated TV shows of 2024, masters of the air premieres on Friday, January 26 in AppleTV+.
Watch the full clip of Butler's conversation with Colbert below and revisit the saga of his Elvis voice with our timeline overview.
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