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Since\u00a0Austin Butler<\/strong>\u2018s star turn as Elvis Presley in\u00a0Baz Luhrmann<\/strong>\u2018s \u201cElvis<\/strong>\u201d last year, the actor has struggled to shake the singer\u2019s iconic accent. But EW experiences that on Friday\u2019s episode of\u00a0BBC One<\/strong>\u2018s \u201cGraham Norton Show<\/strong>,\u201d Butler confirmed he\u2019s lastly leaving it behind.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Baz Luhrmann Says His Extended Cut Of \u2018Elvis\u2019 Would Be More Of A Concert Film<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI am getting rid of the accent,\u201d Butler confirmed to Norton, \u201cbut I have probably damaged my vocal cords with all that singing.\u201d Butler described how taxing his time performing as Elvis was: \u201cone song took 40 takes.\u201d Butler\u2019s flip as Presley drew main important acclaim final yr, and a few latest awards buzz, too. Luhrmann\u2019s biopic not too long ago obtained Best Picture nom for this yr\u2019s\u00a0Oscars<\/strong>\u00a0in January, and Butler bought one for Best Actor. But almost three years after Butler started taking pictures \u201cElvis,\u201d he nonetheless retained the singer\u2019s deep baritone voice.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n That\u2019s in all probability on account of Butler\u2019s intensive analysis to prep for the position. \u201cI\u2019d hear him say a certain word and I would clip just that bit out so I knew how he said that word,\u201d the actor instructed EW in an interview final yr<\/a>. \u201cI created my own archive of how he said every word and every diphthong, and the way that he used musicality in his voice.\u201d But Butler didn\u2019t count on he\u2019d nonetheless sound like Presley years after filming ended. Butler\u2019s sonorous, Elvis-like lilt has been the butt of plenty of playful jokes because the movie\u2019s launch, together with his latest internet hosting gig on \u201cSaturday Night Live<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n Butler wasn\u2019t the one \u201cElvis\u201d star to have an accent within the movie.\u00a0\u00a0Tom Hanks<\/strong>\u00a0additionally needed to recreate the voice of Presley\u2019s supervisor, Colonel Tom Parker; solely he didn\u2019t have all of the audio like Butler did to rifle by way of. Butler cherished engaged on the movie with Hanks. \u201cI had no idea what it was going to be like meeting someone you have admired for so long,\u201d Butler instructed Norton of his co-star. \u201cYou hope they would be warm to you, but you never really know. He is such a master of his craft, and I was intimidated, but the first time I met him, he gave me the biggest bear hug and joked about how nervous he was. When I said I was terrified, he said, \u2018And, nobody knows what Colonel Parker sounds like, but everyone knows what Elvis sounds like!’\u201d<\/p>\n But now Butler strikes onto new film roles, like his flip as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen within the upcoming \u201cDune: Part Two<\/strong>,\u201d out this November. Butler\u2019s \u201cDune\u201d co-star\u00a0Dave Bautista<\/strong>\u00a0not too long ago mentioned Butler is \u201cterrifying\u201d<\/a> as Paul Atreide\u2019s nemesis, a a lot totally different character than Elvis Presley. One surmises the Feyd-Rautha position helped Butler lastly shake his Elvis accent for good.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n