Playing the King of RockĀ & Roll did a number on Austin Butler.
The Elvis actor, 30, told British GQ that he was hospitalized and bedridden for a week after completing the upcoming film back in March 2021.
āI woke up at 4 in the morning with excruciating pain, and I was rushed to the hospital,ā Butler said. āMy body just started shutting down the day I finished Elvis.ā
According to GQ, Butler was diagnosed with a virus and was hospitalized for treatmentĀ of the virus, which simulates appendicitis.
The role meant a lot to Butler, who related toĀ Elvis Presley‘s life storyĀ on a deep, emotional level. āIāve never loved somebody Iāve never met more than Elvis,ā he said. āHis mother passed away when he was 23, and my mom passed away when I was 23. So when I learned that, it was one of those things where I got chills and I just thought, āOK, I can connect to that.āā
His portrayal has already been given the stamp of approval from Presleyās family. The singerās ex-wife,Ā Priscilla Presley, took to Instagram on May 6 to sing her praises. āIāve seen Elvis the film, I watched the trailer over a dozen times,ā she wrote alongside the movieās trailer. āBut the words I heard from my daughter on how much she loved the film and that Riley will love it too when she sees it brought tears.ā
Riley Keough, Elvis Presleyās granddaughter, has since seen the film. She gave her thoughts during a Variety Women in Motion panel at the Cannes Film Festival, calling the experience of watching it āvery emotional.ā
āI started crying five minutes in and didnāt stop,ā Keough said. āI felt honored they worked so hard to really get his essence, to feel his essence. Austin captured that so beautifully.ā
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