we came to the right place we all know the icon of elvis but what always fascinates me
the intricacies of the human being he he was the american dream
and that's an amazing thing but that's also problematic when it comes to exploring his
life as elvis said it's mighty big stage it's very hard to live up to an image and austin
went on an extraordinary three-year journey to discover the human being some people wanted to put
me in jail because the way i was moving i started with just being a sponge you know reading every
book that i could get my hands on watching everything and every image that i possibly
could find treating it like a detective and then also working with a number of different
vocal coaches on singing and working on that because the voice is so important with him
it's just been an incredible joy to see austin create such a dynamic
portrayal of elvis it's been a long time baby i have to say you could not take your eyes off
of austin butler no matter what the scene was whether he's up on stage performing singing full
on full tilt the close to the best dedication was impressive right off the bat you want to do them
justice and you want to honor them in their life he was such an extraordinary human being larger
than life itself has been that thing of how do you climb mount everest just one step at a
to the right time
when elvis opens his mouth
and he sings you know him you understand him you feel him and that's just a very particular gift
as far as elvis girls it wasn't just about making music it was about
singing from your soul and singing something that needed to be sung well that's all right
elvis is vocally always really dexterous and always pushing himself and exploring
so that we had to do interpretations of and austin sings all the live performance young
elves obviously sings himself all the movement all of that and then the latter stuff is a blend
between austin's voice and real elves we went to nashville and memphis and we recorded an
rca where elvis recorded it's my first time ever in a recording studio i felt such a massive amount
of fear but the thing that i sort of rested in was that elvis talks so much about his own fear
his own stage fright i mean that was one of the main reasons why he started
moving in the first place was just all this energy inside and how it came out
one thing that i was just loving was music he was someone i believe was about bringing
people together and i think the story itself is profoundly meshed in american culture our bodies
just feel this energy it was so much fun to do and so liberating and exciting the music that
i want music that i love there's a lot going on down on beale street tonight the place where the
blues began in memphis tennessee i'm thinking about cutting it up a hound though hounder
elvis you could not get a better life to use as a canvas music the looks the
fashion and like carnival time he's actually a symbol of culture baz wanted to tap into
elvis's iconic style moments we studied all the references to the nth degree they make it all
feel so so real and it is real it's so essential to see elvis watching little richard and he's like
it was massive but influence you look at the way that he dressed throughout
his career going back to the 50s the lace shirts the flowing pants
custom shoes the 60s and black leather i also loved the white jumpsuit
it was about finding the distinct shift
between periods i was lucky enough to rekindle collaboration
with prada and mumu and mucha prada to tell the elves story through iconic design he was
the catalyst for a lot i think that was all just coming from that spirit inside
elvis i hope you enjoyed this behind the scenes look
at elvis and it's really cool to see any kind of biopic that can be inspiring
to any kind of artist including music even filmmaking as well like this filmmaker bas
lerman so i hope you learned some really cool stuff let me know down in the comments down
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