How Austin Butler Beat Out Harry Styles, Ansel Elgort and Miles Teller to Play Elvis
How Austin Butler Beat Out Harry Styles, Ansel Elgort and Miles Teller to Play Elvis https://t.co/XI1f5H0eb7
- Variety (@Variety) July 8, 2022
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an interview with Elvis Casting director Denise Chamian
- Austin Butler was on her radar since he auditioned for The Maze Runner, he was too young for that role but she remembered him
- Baz Luhrmann wanted to audition Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller, and Harry Styles. Chamian pushed for Austin. they all did a workshop in nyc.
- they all screen tested with performing "Unchained Melody"
- interestingly Austin also almost got Miles' role in Top Gun: Maverick
- "Austin’s work ethic is also what sets him apart, and his ability to understand material and translate that and make it feel so honest. I think that honesty is also what the audience feels. He works tirelessly to get something right. By the end of the movie, he left it all up there on the screen. I thought it was just incredible".