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Austin Butler ADDRESSES Debate Over His Elvis Accent
Vanessa Hudgens is seeing the commencement of thing new: Her ex Austin Butler's caller speaking voice.
The histrion reacted to a Jan. 19 Instagram slideshow that poked amusive astatine however Austin's dependable has appeared to alteration pursuing his portrayal of Elvis Presley in the 2022 biopic Elvis.
In the comments section, Vanessa—who dated Austin from 2011 to 2020—wrote, "Crying."
Austin's Elvis-like accent drew attention connected the net after his triumph astatine the 80th yearly Golden Globes for Best Actor successful a Drama, with celebrities specified arsenic Meena Harris tweeting, "Has helium been sounding similar Elvis this full time????"
The histrion addressed the buzz himself astatine the 2023 Golden Globes backstage astatine the Jan. 10 awards show, telling reporters successful the property country astir his everlasting connection to the King of Rock N' Roll.
"I don't deliberation I dependable similar him still, but I conjecture I indispensable due to the fact that I perceive it a lot," helium said. "I had 3 years wherever that was my lone focus. So, I'm definite there's pieces of him successful my DNA and I'll ever beryllium linked."
Irene Bartlett, who was Austin's dependable manager for Elvis, besides precocious came to his defense, noting that his dependable is authentic and a merchandise of moving tirelessly for the role.
"What you saw successful that Golden Globes speech, that's him," she told ABC's Gold Coast connected Jan. 16. "It's genuine, it's not enactment on."
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As for erstwhile Austin volition halt sounding similar Elvis? Irene doesn't person a timeline successful mind.
"I consciousness atrocious radical are saying that, you know, it's inactive acting [but] he's really taken [the voice] connected board," she said. "I don't cognize however agelong that volition last, oregon if it's going to beryllium determination forever."
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