Austin Butler (32) gives everything for this role! The actor has now made it to the top of Hollywood. The film “Elvis” in particular gave him a lot of reputation. His portrayal of music legend Elvis Presley (✝42) even earned him an Oscar nomination. Ultimately, the prize went to Brendan Fraser (55). Now play Austin once again a historical figure and it demands a lot from him.
Told in an interview with Access Hollywood Austin about preparing for his new role as Major Gale “Buck” Cleven in the war drama “Masters of the Air”. “We had a two-week boot camp where we learned about the period and World War II, about the people we’re playing […]. It was physical. It was about all the physical things that are part of a boot camp, the running and the push-ups,” explains the 32-year-old. And being able to portray a war veteran was something very special: “I just felt privileged […].”
But it was also for “Elvis”. Austin gone to the extreme – so much so that even his health had suffered. “I was the entire time I was [‘Elvis‘] “I wasn’t sick, but the day I finished I ended up in the emergency room,” he revealed to People. A virus caused appendicitis and left him on bed rest for a week.
