What does one Baz Luhrmann leading man say to another?

Here’s some handy advice fromTitanic’s “King of the World” to the King.

“That’s exactly the experience that I had.”

Austin Butler attends the Elvis" UK Special Screening at BFI Southbank on May 31, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage); Leonardo DiCaprio attends the world premiere of Netflix’s “Don’t Look Up” on December 05, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage,)

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“I realized that he would push me right to the edge of what I was capable of.

Butler likens Luhrmann’s directorial approach to that of a jazz musician.

“to play jazz, you have to know music theory,” he tells EW.

That’s how Baz is because he works so hard at preparation.