In 2014, Butler sadly lost his mother, Lori, to cancer (viaPage Six).
“So I decided to treat each one of these jobs as a way to grow.”
Oh, and he was even on Broadway!
However, his biggest project, as of this writing, was Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis.”
Butler’s breakout role in the film was even given the stamp of approval from the Presley family.
“I started crying five minutes in and didn’t stop,” she said.
“There’s a lot of family trauma and generational trauma that started around then for our family.
I felt honored they worked so hard to really get his essence, to feel his essence.
Austin captured that so beautifully.”
Priscilla Presley, the late singer’s only daughter, also approved of the film.
As she wrote in anInstagrampost, “I relived every moment in this film.
Beautifully done Baz, Tom, Austin and Olivia.”
According toVogue, he even taught himself how to play the piano and guitar growing up.
“When I began the process, I set out to get my voice to be identical.
So that got the fire burning,” Butler said.
“For a year before we started shooting, I was doing voice coaching.”
He was later linked toLily-Rose Deppin August 2021, but yet again, that was not officially confirmed.
He is best friends with Ashley Tisdale
The duo we never knew we needed!
Austin Butler andAshley Tisdalehave been close friends for over a decade.
In January 2022, Butler finally had the chance to meet Tisdale’s daughter, Jupiter (viaPeople).
“The real issue with Harry is, he’s Harry Styles.
He’s already an icon,” Luhrmann explained.
Styles was ultimately okay with Luhrmann’s decision.
Even after filming ended, Butler struggled to shake Elvis Presley’s iconic southern accent.
“At this point, I keep asking people, ‘Is this my voice?'”
“It’s one of those things where certain things trigger it.
It becomes a fiber of your being.”
Immediately after wrapping up filming for the highly anticipated film, the actor experienced a scary hospitalization.
My body just started shutting down the day after I finished Elvis."
Butler was later diagnosed with a virus that presents with symptoms similar to appendicitis.
Although he was bedridden for a week, Butler soon moved onto a new project.
For Butler, that is “Pursue Randomness And Dichotomies, Always” according toGQ.
They are a blueprint, a template for life."
