"I was going to look astatine Christmas lights with a friend," helium recalled. "And determination was an Elvis Christmas opus connected the vigor and I was singing on and my person looked implicit astatine maine and goes, ‘You've got to play Elvis.' I said, 'Oh, that's specified a agelong shot.'"

The "friend," arsenic Austin called her, doubled down connected the idea, telling him a mates weeks aboriginal that helium needed to "figure retired however you tin get the rights to a script" aft she heard him execute connected a piano. Afterward, Austin said, his cause called with quality that an Elvis movie was successful the works.

The communicative stirred buzz online, with fans uncovering a akin narrative the High School Musical alum shared successful August 2019, 1 period aft she gushed connected societal media that she was "OVERRRR THE F--KING MOOOOOOOOONNNNN" about Austin landing the relation of the King of Rock N' Roll.

"Last December, we were driving on and we were listening to Christmas music, and past an Elvis Presley Christmas opus came on," Vanessa shared connected Live with Kelly and Ryan successful 2019. "He had conscionable dyed his hairsbreadth dark. He's a earthy blonde, blonde and I was looking astatine him and helium was singing on and I was like, ‘Babe, you request to play Elvis.'"

She continued, "Then successful January, helium was sitting astatine the piano. And he's playing and he's singing and I'm like, ‘I don't cognize how, but you request to fig retired however you tin play Elvis. Like, I don't cognize however we get rights oregon what we do, but you request to play him.'"

Since their breakup, Vanessa hasn't spoken out on Austin's present Golden Globe-winning performance as Elvis, though she did instrumentality a infinitesimal to acknowledge a post that poked amusive astatine his Elvis-like accent that has mesmerized and puzzled fans alike.

As she simply commented, "Crying."

He's present dating exemplary Kaia Gerber and Vanessa is with shot subordinate Cole Tucker.