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How Did Austin Butler Prepare to Become Elvis? When Austin Butler was cast to play Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 biopic Elvis, he didn’t just act—he became the King. For nearly two years, he lived and breathed Elvis, studying every move, gesture, and inflection. He worked with dialect coaches to perfect Elvis’s Southern drawl and trained with movement experts to capture that signature swagger. Butler watched hours of old interviews and concert footage, analyzing even how Elvis held a micr