Austin Butler 'Went Home in Tears' After 'Elvis' Director Had People Heckle Him to Get into Character
Austin Butler.Photo: Dave Benett/Getty Austin Butlertapped into the emotions required to playElvis Presleyin a way he didn’t anticipate, thanks toBaz Luhrmann. The 30-year-old actor recalls in a coverinterview withVMANfor the magazine’s Fall-Winter 2022 issue how he “went home in tears” afterElvisdirector Luhrmann, 59, told people to “heckle” Butler while he was recording music for the film. “When I was on my first day in the recording studio, Baz wanted me to get as close to performing as possible,” Butler recalled....