{"id":33024,"date":"2022-12-12T15:17:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T15:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/12\/austin-butler-didnt-see-his-family-for-3-years-while-filming-elvis-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T15:17:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T15:17:21","slug":"austin-butler-didnt-see-his-family-for-3-years-while-filming-elvis-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/12\/austin-butler-didnt-see-his-family-for-3-years-while-filming-elvis-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Butler Didn\u2019t See His Family For 3 Years While Filming \u2018Elvis\u2019 \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-gallery\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"lead-gallery-link-featured\" class=\"entry-media__image entry-media__image-0\" 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src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/austin-butler-as-elvis-ec-1.jpg?w=440\" class=\"attachment-440x440 size-440x440\" alt=\"ELVIS, Austin Butler as Elvis Presley, 2022. \u00a9 Warner Bros. \/ courtesy Everett Collection\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"image-wrapper__icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 26 27\">\n\t<path fill=\"#fff\" fill-opacity=\".5\" d=\"M0 .694h25.744v25.95H0z\"\/>\n\t<path fill=\"#252525\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M10.803 15.84a.5.5 0 0 0-.707 0L6 19.937V17.17a.5.5 0 0 0-1 0v3.974a.5.5 0 0 0 .5.5h3.975a.5.5 0 1 0 0-1H6.707l4.096-4.096a.5.5 0 0 0 0-.707Zm4.344-4.344a.5.5 0 0 0 .707 0l4.096-4.095v2.768a.5.5 0 0 0 1 0V6.194a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5h-3.975a.5.5 0 0 0 0 1h2.768l-4.096 4.096a.5.5 0 0 0 0 .707Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: \u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\">Hollywood is filled with well-known methodology actors, those that go to nice lengths to seize the essence of a job. <strong>Daniel Day-Lewis <\/strong>famously transforms into whomever he performed on display. <strong>Christian Bale <\/strong>starved himself all the way down to 121 kilos for <em>The Machinist<\/em>. Yet, what <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/austin-butler\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Austin Butler<\/a> <\/strong>revealed in his dialog with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/janelle-monae\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Janelle Mon\u00e1e<\/a><\/strong> for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/features\/austin-butler-janelle-monae-elvis-method-acting-knives-out-2-notes-1235451429\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a> <\/em>could be thought of excessive. Janelle, 37, requested how Austin, 31, \u201cpush[es] out the noise when you\u2019re preparing for a role.\u201d Austin mentioned, \u201cDuring <em><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/elvis-movie-4754081\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elvis<\/a><\/em>, I didn\u2019t see my family for about three years.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"related-articles\" class=\"inline-related-articles\">\n<h2 id=\"related-articles\" class=\"inline-related-articles__heading\"><span class=\"inline-related-articles__heading__eyebrow\">More About<\/span>austin butler<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;During <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Elvis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">#Elvis<\/a>, I did not see my household for about three years,&#8221; Austin Butler tells Janelle Mon\u00e1e. &#8220;I had months the place I would not discuss to anyone, and after I did, the one factor I used to be ever fascinated about was Elvis.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wNhSd0YD6e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">https:\/\/t.co\/wNhSd0YD6e<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YeC1hELObB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">pic.twitter.com\/YeC1hELObB<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1601981636916269056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">December 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">\u201cI was prepping with <strong>Baz<\/strong> [<strong>Luhrmann<\/strong>, <em>Elvis <\/em>director], and then I went to Australia,\u201d mentioned Austin. \u201cI had months where I wouldn\u2019t talk to anybody. And when I did, the only thing I was ever thinking about was Elvis. I was speaking in his voice the whole time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Austin additionally revealed that COVID-19 affected how Baz shot the movie. Initially, they had been going to go chronologically. The pandemic shifted to the place they shot <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/shop\/elvis-presley-halloween-costume-diy-4867865\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Elvis comeback<\/a> sequence first. \u201cIt was so nerve-racking because I had a year and a half before that point to <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/actors-who-have-played-elvis-movies-4773630\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prepare<\/a>,\u201d mentioned Butler. \u201cAnd all the preparation is for nothing if you don\u2019t get it. Before walking out onstage, I really had the terror: \u2018My career feels like it\u2019s on the line [at] this moment.\u2019 But at that point in Elvis\u2019 life, his career was on the line and he had <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2022\/06\/15\/austin-butler-plays-elvis-presley-guitar-riley-keough-photos\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terror<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4978051\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4978051\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4978051\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/austin-butler-elvis-family-embed1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4978051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin as Elvis (\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Janelle didn\u2019t must go to such extremes for <em>Glass Onion<\/em>: <em>A Knives Out Mystery<\/em>. \u201cI was like, \u2018Family, I love you. But I may not be texting you back because I\u2019m really devoted to doing my best.&#8217;\u201d The dedication resulted in some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/movie\/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">critically-acclaimed<\/a> motion pictures of the yr. \u201cLots of things were getting canceled for me, and it was just a dream come true to be sent that script,\u201d she mentioned. \u201cThere was a lot to manage with this role, a lot of energies to manage. I had to keep two to three different notebooks.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"articles-trending-now\" class=\"entry-navigation inline-trending-stories\">\n\t\t<span id=\"articles-trending-now\" class=\"screen-reader-only\">Articles Trending Now<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"entry-navigation__heading\">\n\t\t\tTrending Now\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-navigation__heading__icon\"><svg fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 17\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t<path fill=\"#D718A7\" d=\"M8 16.376a8 8 0 1 0 0-16 8 8 0 0 0 0 16Z\"\/>\n\t<path stroke=\"#fff\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m9.51 5.626 2.11-.75.76 2.09\"\/>\n\t<path stroke=\"#fff\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m3.42 10.696 2.21-3.05 2.03 3.83 3.95-6.5\"\/>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- .entry-navigation --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">\u201cI\u2019ve been given a very unique opportunity to have a music career and an acting career. Honestly, I don\u2019t remember a time in my life where I wasn\u2019t doing both,\u201d added Mon\u00e1e. \u201cI look at it as storytelling. What is the story we\u2019re telling today? Sometimes it\u2019s like you take a role because you want to be challenged, right? You\u2019re like, \u2018I have this side of me that I want to explore a little bit more.\u2019 Now I\u2019m thinking a lot differently. I\u2019m just like, \u2018Is this going to be fun? Who is the director? Who are the actors? When I meet them, do I get a good vibe? 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