Tom Hanks And Austin Butler Had ‘Deeply Rooted Fear And Terror’ About ‘Elvis’ Movie
etcanada.comTom Hanks only understood the magnitude of what he took on when he saw Austin Butler in full Elvis Presley garbs. Butler and Hanks star as Presley and his manager Col.
Tom Parker, respectively, in the upcoming “Elvis” biopic. The stars and director Baz Luhrmann recently sat down with Jess Cagle for a SiriusXM Townhall.
Hanks has won two Academy Awards for Best Actor over his 40-plus years as an actor, but the gravity of “Elvis” had him stunned. “You know, the playing Elvis in an Elvis movie, that’s called ‘Elvis’.
It’s like playing Buddha in a movie called Buddha,” Hanks said. “You know, there’s a, you’re gonna have to, you got some big blues weight shoes to fill there. READ MORE: Tom Hanks Reveals The Queen Told Him Her Favourite Cocktail “His hairdo took longer than my 75 pounds in order to put on.
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