Austin Butler put ‘life on pause for 2 years’ to prep for ‘Elvis’ biopic role

Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) It takes a lot of sacrifices for an actor to immerse themselves into a role … just ask Austin Butler. The 30-year-old actor is set to star as Rock-‘n’-Roll legend Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming biopic “Elvis.” During Thursday’s press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Butler admitted he shut himself off from the rest of the world in a desperate bid to surrender himself to the role. “I basically put the rest of my life on pause for two years,” Butler said. “I just absorbed everything that… Read Full Article