Butler, 32, previously claimed it was a “friend” who pushed him to try out for the role of Elvis — rather than his girlfriend of nearly 10 years.
Butler and Hudgens split in 2020 after nearly a decade together.Before their split, the then-couple was driving when the “High School Musical” star realized Butler was made to play Presley.
“Last December, we were driving along and we were listening to Christmas music, and then an Elvis Presley Christmas song came on,” Hudgens “He had just dyed his hair dark. He’s a natural blond, and I was looking at him and he was singing along and I was like, ‘Babe, you need to play Elvis.’”on the Hollywood Reporter’s “Actors Roundtable”“The month before I heard that Baz [Luhrmann] was making the movie, I was going to look at Christmas lights with a friend, and there was an Elvis Christmas song on the radio and I was singing along, and my friend looked over at me and goes, ‘You’ve got to play Elvis.
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