'Because of COVID shutdowns, he was working on it all the time, and it's difficult to switch off something you've spent so much focus time on.'
According to Dr. Irene Bartlett, who worked with the 31-year-old on Baz Luhrmann's , Butler isn’t putting on when it comes to the similarities between his voice and the King of Rock and Roll.
"Because of COVID shutdowns, he was working on it all the time, and it's difficult to switch off something you've spent so much focus time on," Bartlett told when asked why the actor still sounds like Elvis."You know, when he came into his singing lessons, he was dressed in '50s-style gear." "What they wanted was a true connection with the personality of Elvis and his story and that's what Austin worked on," she said of her training with the star.
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