Austin Butler and Tom Hanks star in the story of the King of Rock & Roll.
We’re all shook up after watching the first trailer forBaz Luhrmann’slong-anticipatedElvisbiopic.
If that doesn’t sound like the tagline for a Luhrmann film, we don’t know what does.
Austin Butler in ‘Elvis’.Hugh Stewart/Warner Bros.
What they did was take a life and use a life as a canvas to explore a bigger idea.
I could do it for the rest of my life."
Butler was charged with not only inhabiting Presley’s mannerisms and physicality but also singing his early career songs.
Austin Butler as Elvis.Hugh Stewart/Warner Bros.
For the later tracks, Luhrmann mixed Butler and Presley’s voices.
“The life is what’s important,” he said.
It’s such an incredible responsibility.
Austin Butler as Elvis.Hugh Stewart/Warner Bros.
Elvishits theaters June 24.
Watch the trailer above for more.
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