As indicated by reports from Deadline, the up and coming Elvis Presley biopic from Baz Luhrmann has discovered its star. Austin Butler beat out a significant field of possibility to be given a role as the Music legend. He'll star close by Tom Hanks, who has just been given a role as Colonel Tom Parker, Presley's director for more than two decades.
The declaration comes after a prominent casting search that considered on-screen characters Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller, and Harry Style for the job
. While a large portion of Butler's work has comprised of shows on youngster centered shows like The CW and Nickelodeon, he made his Broadway introduction a year ago in The Iceman Cometh to basic approval. The 27-year-old entertainer additionally has little parts in The Dead Don't Die and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
"I had heard about Austin Butler from his stand-out role opposite Denzel Washington in The Iceman Cometh on Broadway," Luhrmann told Deadline, in a statement. "Through a journey of extensive screen testing and music and performance workshops, I knew unequivocally that I had found someone who could embody the spirit of one of the world's most iconic musical figures."
As indicated by Deadline, the anonymous Elvis biopic will concentrate on the vocalist's fleeting ascent and the beginnings of his vocation completely through the long-running relationship he had with Parker. Since the movie has its Elvis, shooting is planned to begin soon in Australia with Luhrmann coordinating.
