The rock ‘n’ roll singer often borrowed tunes from classical music, as seen in one of his biggest hits, ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’, which shares a little bit of its main melody with 18th-century composer Jean-Paul-Égide Martini’s Piacer d'amor. Everything to know about the new Elvis biopic starring Austin Butler 1 year ago. “We often talked about his interest in recording material that allowed him to perform in that space.” Elvis star Austin Butler remembers Lisa Marie Presley: 'My heart is completely shattered' The actor, who plays the late singer-songwriter's father in Baz Luhrmann's 2022 biopic, says he is.
Read more: 17 pop songs you didn’t know were directly inspired by classical musicĪustin at the piano, as ‘Elvis’ in new Baz Luhrmann movie.Įlvis Presley was a long-time classical music fan, and his former wife, Priscilla Presley, told Rolling Stone in 2016 that “Elvis always loved the great, operatic vocalists. Austin Butler has received nearly universal praise for his performance as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis. But he overcame that,” and so did Butler. “I learned that Elvis was very shy as a kid,” Butler explained, “and he would ask people to turn around when he played the guitar and turn off the lights in the room. (Watch above).Īlthough he’s played on a major television network, and had 17 years of practice behind him, the singer still expressed nerves when he had to record his music for Elvis.īutler revealed in his Variety interview that he struggled at first getting up on a stage to film in front of around 600 extras, in a bedazzled jumpsuit, trying to embody the king of rock ‘n’ roll. In an interview with Variety, he revealed he practised guitar so much as a child, that he resorted to supergluing his bleeding fingers back to together from over-playing.īutler had a chance to show off his musical scenes on screen when he guest starred on the NBC comedy Are You There, Chelsea? as a band lead singer who was the title character of the show’s love interest in episode three. Similarly to Elvis, the actor taught himself to play his instruments.
See how Austin Butler became Elvis in new promo Is Austin Butler really playing guitar in ‘Elvis’?Īs well as being a strong singer, Butler has been playing the piano and guitar since he was 13.
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