{"id":69420,"date":"2023-02-19T23:58:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T23:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/19\/austin-butler-wins-leading-actor-bafta-thanks-presley-family\/"},"modified":"2023-02-19T23:58:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T23:58:07","slug":"austin-butler-wins-leading-actor-bafta-thanks-presley-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/19\/austin-butler-wins-leading-actor-bafta-thanks-presley-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Butler Wins Leading Actor BAFTA, Thanks Presley Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-0110e0cd173a9816bcc0bbec832d29c6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-177d615c-13c0-4d6e-a29b-b70080f6e14b-1463364646-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-177d615c-13c0-4d6e-a29b-b70080f6e14b-1463364646-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a2\/16by9\/2023\/02\/19\/a211c8ab2ebf494ea415faf604aef662_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Twitter \/ @BAFTA<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0110e0cd173a9816bcc0bbec832d29c6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5a87e4d77c8a995c3a3327d8961f1918\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/austin-butler\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Austin Butler<\/strong><\/a> simply gained one other big award in his Oscars marketing campaign &#8212; snagging a BAFTA throughout the pond &#8230; and ensuring to shout out the Presley household amid their tragedy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5a87e4d77c8a995c3a3327d8961f1918--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d28bfd4e3ff42db3e6b58beffb4b6642\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The actor walked away with a statuette Sunday for Leading Actor &#8212; clearly, for his portrayal of <strong>Elvis<\/strong> &#8212; and through his acceptance speech &#8230; AB dished out quite a lot of thank-yous, the final of which he saved for Elvis&#8217; quick household, with whom he is grown shut.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d28bfd4e3ff42db3e6b58beffb4b6642--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9a7e3a12366c54177b46848a62be2142\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20230219_ffb59ae85c3245c7bf7a3e56db773cc1\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:199a8f65-a254-438d-8eae-c6082c659166\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ff\/4by3\/2023\/02\/19\/ffb59ae85c3245c7bf7a3e56db773cc1_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"austin butler\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9a7e3a12366c54177b46848a62be2142--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-36f6d2738ea96e4741b931f972473ec6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Watch &#8230; Austin went down an inventory of names, everybody from his motion and vocal coach to his agent and publicist &#8230; the forged and crew &#8230; and, in fact, director Baz Luhrmann.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-36f6d2738ea96e4741b931f972473ec6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4f09eebcb040deec6ceb47742ea8515b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>At the tip of his remarks, he eloquently stated &#8230; &#8220;Lastly, I need to thank the Presley household. I can not thanks guys sufficient on your love, and for sharing with me who Elvis really was. I hope I&#8217;ve made you proud. This means the world to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4f09eebcb040deec6ceb47742ea8515b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a4ad0c2e2bbff10785dfe968349b41d2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-a4ad0c2e2bbff10785dfe968349b41d2-2088724181-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dead. Best Actor Austin Butler on Elvis, grief and being &#8216;at present unemployed&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EEBAFTAs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#EEBAFTAs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/elvis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#elvis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MK0LBSR9or\">pic.twitter.com\/MK0LBSR9or<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shelley Spadoni (@ShelleyFMarsden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShelleyFMarsden\/status\/1627431288582950914?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 19, 2023<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShelleyFMarsden\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ShelleyFMarsden<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a4ad0c2e2bbff10785dfe968349b41d2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8dfb8f78e87d213f0debd5b9059938e9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>No specific point out of <strong>Lisa Marie Presley<\/strong> &#8212; who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/01\/12\/lisa-marie-presley-dead-dies-cardiac-arrest\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>died all of a sudden<\/strong><\/a> a couple of weeks in the past, following his Golden Globes win &#8212; however in keeping with <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/global\/austin-butler-lisa-marie-presley-bafta-best-actor-1235529097\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Variety<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; Austin did, in actual fact, acknowledge her passing. According to them, he is quoted as saying it is an &#8220;unimaginably tragic time,&#8221; whereas occurring to say his love was with the Presleys, and that this second was bittersweet.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8dfb8f78e87d213f0debd5b9059938e9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b7113803417a5a0fd0c0b1c916fc3ed3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>While he was backstage, he additionally talked about what he&#8217;ll miss in regards to the function. Interestingly sufficient, his arduous Elvis accent is clearly fading &#8230; one thing he is stated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/02\/03\/austin-butler-elvis-presley-accent-twang-golden-globes-oscars\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>he&#8217;ll section out<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b7113803417a5a0fd0c0b1c916fc3ed3--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Play video content material Twitter \/ @BAFTA Austin Butler simply gained one other big award in his Oscars marketing campaign &#8212; snagging a BAFTA throughout the pond &#8230; and ensuring to shout out the Presley household amid their tragedy. 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