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Showing his commitment. Austin Butler revealed the unique way he tried to gain weight to play the late Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann‘s 2022 biopic.

Austin Butler reflected on his Zoey 101 days and the upcoming movie Paramount+ is creating for the off-air Nickelodeon series.

Austin Butler had a fun time proving he was the right man to play Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's Oscar-nominated biopic,. The 31-year-old actor, who has received an Academy Award nod for his role as the iconic singer, opened up about how he convinced the director that he was right fit for the role.«Especially when I was trying to get the part before Baz really welcomed me on the journey, we were trying to figure out if I could play older Elvis,» Butler shared on podcast.

Austin Butler shares his secret to packing on the pounds for “Elvis”.

Austin Butler transformed into Elvis Presley for his Oscar-nominated role in Elvis, and he pulled inspiration from Ryan Gosling to pull off one part of the dramatic change.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Austin Butler’s agent told him he would need to gain weight to play the older version of Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis.” “I heard that Ryan Gosling when he was going to do ‘The Lovely Bones,’ had microwaved Häagen-Dazs and would drink it,” Butler tells Variety. “So I started doing that. I would go get two dozen doughnuts and eat them all. I really started to pack on some pounds. It’s fun for a week, and then you feel awful about yourself. But we were planning on shooting chronologically in the beginning. That quickly went out the window with COVID. It was just impossible.” On this week’s episode of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Butler sits down to discuss receiving his first Oscar nomination for best actor. He also discusses renting an apartment after the Warner Bros. corporate cards were shut off following the COVID shutdown. In addition, he talked about whether he would reprise his role as James Garrett in a “Zoey 101” movie or get aged-up to play Sebastian Kydd from “The Carrie Diaries,” so he can play opposite Sarah Jessica Parker from “Sex and the City,” a show he says he watched while in his New York City apartment, taking a bath, and feeling like “a middle-aged woman.”

Austin Butler is facing the fire.

Austin Butler suited up for the 2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, where he was honored with the Virtuosos Award on Wednesday (February 15).

Austin Butler chokes up over the death of Lisa Marie Presley in an exclusive preview of his  interview, saying he feels «endlessly privileged» to have been a part of her story. «I remember the moment they were first going to watch the film,» Butler tells host Willie Geist in the clip, speaking about the Presley family's first screening of «I'd never been more nervous for anybody to see anything I'd ever done, because they'd never seen anything, they didn't even read the script at that point, and they were very nervous.» Butler adds that he knew the Presley family's opinion «could go either way,» but that Priscilla Presley sent director Baz Luhrmann an email congratulating Butler for his portrayal of her ex-husband. «I just burst into tears, 'cause it was, I felt so much responsibility for them, for their family and for Elvis' legacy,» he says. Butler didn't meet Lisa Marie, Elvis' daughter, until later, when the team screened the film at Graceland. «When I locked eyes on her, it's really a surreal thing,» he says.

unveiled its annual Hollywood cover on Wednesday, and the sexy young stars of “Bridgerton,” “Blonde,” “Don’t Worry Darling” and more reveal what it’s like to be the hottest things on the A-list.Ana de Armas, who is nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress this year, said she sees a lot of herself in her “Blonde” bombshell character, Marilyn Monroe. “She’s just an actress trying to navigate life and this system, which is so hard to navigate for anybody,” the 34-year-old Cuban Spanish stunner said.Previously, De Armas played a Bond girl in “No Time To Die,” while another actor on VF’s list is rumored to be the next 007.Regé-Jean Page, the debonair 34-year-old British star of Netflix’s “Bridgerton,” admits he’s “terribly flattered” to be favored by many to soon follow in Daniel Craig’s footsteps.

Austin Butler is happy his “Elvis” success is happening in his 30s and not when he was younger.

Baz Luhrmann is opening up about the reason why there was a sense of relief from Lisa Marie Presley after Austin Butler won a Golden Globe for Best Actor.During an interview on SiriusXM's , the  director revealed that despite losing contact during the filming of her father's biopic, the director and the producers behind the film were so lovingly embraced by Lisa Marie after he screened the film for her ahead of the Golden Globes.«So, comes the moment that I screened the film to her, and honestly, from that very emotional moment on, we were embraced into the family,» Luhrmann said. «I mean, we were brought back to Graceland to have a barbecue and hang out in the jungle room, having cocktails.

’s Hollywood issue is out! Selena Gomez, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Ana de Armas, Jonathan Majors, Keke Palmer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Julia Garner, Regé-Jean Page, Emma Corrin, HoYeon Jung and Jeremy Allen White bring young Hollywood front and center to this year’s issue — which was photographed by Steven Klein and styled by Patti Wilson.«It's always an incredibly hard challenge to decide who's going to be there, but it was really important to to pick 12 people who had never been on the Hollywood cover before,» Britt Hennemuth, 's Senior West Coast editor, told ET. «We really wanted to highlight some new and exciting faces and it's always about the right mix, right? The people you love, the people you know, people who have been in the business for a long time and have always deserved to be there, and some of the young stars that have really popped in the last couple of months and taken the zeitgeist by storm.»The theme for this year’s Hollywood Issue is the after, after-party. To make this massive production happen, the 12 stars met at Milk Studios in Los Angeles over the course of three days, with 300 pairs of shoes at their disposal, 112 dresses, 36 racks of clothes, and 10 armed jewelry guards. A post shared by Vanity Fair (@vanityfair)A post shared by Vanity Fair (@vanityfair)A post shared by Vanity Fair (@vanityfair)«All of the stars once again were back together in one room.

performance as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's chaotic biographical film Elvis—he's the frontrunner in his category. In , which includes photos of the actor wearing a shining leather trench coat, a silver medallion necklace, and oversize sunglasses—Butler opened up about how far he's come since his days as a child actor, when he appeared on Disney Channel shows alongside Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus. “When I was filming Elvis,” the actor said, “Selena found this photograph of the two of us when I did a guest-star thing on her show Wizards of Waverly Place.

Austin Butler opened up about his admiration for Leonardo DiCaprio, who also made a successful transition from a teen heartthrob to only of Hollywood's most renowned actors. After spending over a decade trying to become a household name before landing the title role in in Baz Luhrmann's biopic Elvis, the Oscar nominee, 31, reflected on fearing his dreams would 'never going to come true' at the start of his career. 'I remember being younger, being 16 or something, and comparing myself to what I saw in Leo's career when he was 19 or something, going from Gilbert Grape and Basketball Diaries and then Titanic,' the Golden Globe winner told Vanity Fair. While DiCaprio shot to worldwide fame in his early 20s after playing Jack Dawson in Titanic, Butler was steadily cast in minor roles on children's sitcoms such as Zoey 101 and Hannah Montana through his mid-teens.As he got older, Butler revealed, at times, he would be think to himself: 'Oh, maybe it'll never happen or I'll never get those opportunities.' Impressive: Austin Butler opened up about his admiration for Leonardo DiCaprio, who also made a successful transition from a teen heartthrob to only of Hollywood's most renowned actorsNow, the Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood star said he can look back and credit rejection for inspiring him to keep honing his acting skills.'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.

Kaia Gerber cut a casual figure in black as she met up with a friend for lunch in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day. The model, 21 - who was recently spotted walking her dog with her Oscar nominated boyfriend Austin Butler - wore black leggings with a baggy black sweater and ankle-high Ugg boots on the cold and blustery day in Southern California.She had her brown hair pulled back in a bun and wore a pair of black sunglasses. As she walked away, the daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford, 56, carried a to-go bag with the leftovers of her lunch. The former model of the year has been dating Elvis actor Austin Butler since December 2021.  Chic: Kaia Gerber cut a casual figure in black as she met up with a friend for lunch in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day They first sparked rumors after being spotted at a yoga class together and made their red carpet debut in May though they've kept a low profile in recent months. The Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood star has already won the Golden Globe for Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, though he lost out on a Critics' Choice Award to The Whale's Brendan Fraser. Austin has some stiff competition for the Academy Award including Fraser, Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin), Paul Mescal (Aftersun), and Bill Nighy (Living). Should Austin win the Oscar for his portrayal of the King of Rock, he will do so without one very important part of his role - Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley.Lisa Marie passed away suddenly last month at the age of 54.

Priscilla Presley just wasn’t quite sure about Austin Butler after he’d been cast as her late, ex-husband, Elvis Presley for Elvis.

Priscilla Presley and Austin Butler may have formed a strong bond after the Elvis biopic debuted, but that doesn't mean she wasn't dubious of him playing her iconic ex-husband.The actor has been widely lauded for this portrayal as the late King of Rock in the critically-acclaimed Baz Luhrman movie, earning both a Golden Globe win and an Oscar nomination.However, the Elvis director admits Priscilla, naturally, had very high standards and was even "cynical" when it came to casting.WATCH: Austin Butler thanks Lisa Marie And Priscilla Presley at 2023 Golden GlobesMORE: Kelly Ripa wows in skin-tight green wetsuit in honor of Philadelphia Eagles for Super BowlRecalling the casting process ahead of filming in Australia – which took nearly three years because of the coronavirus pandemic –Baz told Entertainment Tonight: "I was not gonna make the film unless I found someone who could play Elvis," adding: "I didn't really think I could."Though he eventually gained all of the confidence in the world after he saw Austin become Elvis, it didn't take away the "nerve-wracking" feeling when  it came to showing Priscilla the movie.MORE: Was Rihanna's son at Super Bowl 2023? Her family life revealedHe admitted: "[Priscilla] was quite cynical about how this young kid could, in fact, manifest her husband," and the outlet reports the director noted how many "disappointments" the Presley family have felt over different on screen portrayals of the late Blue Suede Shoes singer.  Priscilla became nothing but supportive of Austin after seeing the filmHe added: "I remember Priscilla said, 'I know I was hard on you,'" in an email she wrote to him.MORE: Travis and Jason Kelce's sad family history revealed ahead of Super BowlMORE: Goldie Hawn looks

When it came to making “Elvis” — with the late singer’s ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, and daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, watching closely — Baz Luhrmann knew it all came down to casting.

Austin Butler is on top of his game right now as he is collecting awards for his work in Elvis. However, he was considering leaving the industry behind a couple of years ago.