Austin Butler Talks Being Inspired By Leonardo DiCaprio’s Journey, Says He’s Glad ‘Elvis’ Success Is Happening In His 30s And Not Before
etcanada.comAustin Butler is happy his “Elvis” success is happening in his 30s and not when he was younger. The actor is one of 12 young stars featured on Vanity Fair‘s 2023 Hollywood cover, and in his accompanying interview he talks about being inspired by Leonardo DiCaprio’s journey.
He shares when asked whether he remembers what he thought his career would look like when he started going to auditions as a teenager, “From the very beginning, when I first got on set, it was just a neat thing that I could do as a 12-year-old kid.
Then once I started going to acting class and realized there’s a craft behind it—that sort of became this addiction for me. Addiction might be a strong word, but obsession with finding honesty, really. “I started looking at a lot of different people’s careers.
And Leo, when I was about 15, became that guy, because he’d made that transition. Every film that he chose, you could see the level of passion that he still had for the work. “And that’s been a surreal thing, looking back at what my dreams were when I was 15, and then getting to work with the people that he got to work with, getting to be on set with him.
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