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The cast is so spot-on.
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Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis is here, and now, it’s time to see how the star-studded cast brought Elvis Presley and his inner circle to life. Austin Butler plays The King — and as you may have heard, the accent hasn’t quite gone away after filming. “It becomes a fiber of your being,” he told ET.
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The real Presley was 21 years old when he released his debut album and embarked on the path to mega-stardom — and his iconic physicality also proved a challenge for Butler, too. “My body just started shutting down the day after I finished Elvis,” he told GQ.