Butler says there’s something far more significant that's remained with him since making “Elvis”: a new relationship with fear.
Austin Butler poses for a portrait at the 95th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 31-year-old breakout star ofeven had to be defended by fellow Oscar nominee Angela Bassett, who's explained that she, too, had a hard time shaking the Tina Turner vibe after playing her back in 1993.
The challenge of playing an icon who's been imitated as often as Presley was so great, he says, that he suffered fromand could have been felled by the fear — fear that kept him from sleeping well for two years, he adds — had he not learned to use it as a “compass," in his words. Now, he says, he asks himself: “What am I terrified of today?” And then he tries to step toward it, rather than away., looks like one of the key favorites to add an Oscar to that shelf, come March.
AP: Let’s talk about the challenges of the role itself. You had to find a way to avoid mimicking a much-mimicked icon, and to bring humanity and authenticity to it. Can you put into words how you managed that?
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