Just days after Lisa Marie Presley attended the Golden Globes and saw Austin Butler take the stage to accept a gold trophy for playing her father, the Elvis Presley’s daughter has died at 54 . After the death of the singer, the Elvis The actor opened up about his experience with Lisa Marie and the bond they formed before her unexpected death.
Lisa Marie Presley praised Austin Butler’s performance In Elvis long before awards season. Prior to the film’s release, Lisa Marie called it “nothing short of spectacular,” and since then she and her mother have attended many events to support the film. Butler recently recalled:
I met Lisa at a movie screening at Graceland. I’ve never had an experience where I met someone and felt an immediate and deep connection with them. She is also someone who had nothing to prove and who didn’t open up to everyone and just opened up to me. We’re getting so close, so fast, it’s devastating.
As Austin Butler shared, he immediately had an indescribable bond with Lisa Marie Presley. He quickly went “deep” with Elvis Presley’s daughter, even showing the actor her father’s bedroom and telling him stories about his father. Butler opened up about his memories of Lisa Marie while he was a guest The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . Watch the interview below:
During the late night appearance, Austin Butler also shared his reaction elvis’ eight Oscar nominations 2023 , including Best Picture. The actor received his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor together with Colin Farrell for The Banshees of InisherinBrendan Fraser of The whalePablo Mescal of after the sun and Bill Nighy for Life.
This is called recognition “bittersweet” after the death of Lisa Marie Because it’s amazing to see the film reach this level, but I wanted to celebrate it with Elvis Presley’s daughter. Two days after the Golden Globes, she she suffered a cardiac event that sent her to the hospital , and died later that day. Seeing Butler win the Golden Globe was his last public appearance, although no one knew it at the time.
Despite Lisa Marie Presley’s sudden and tragic death, it’s amazing that she got to see her father honored in Baz Luhrmann’s film and share some of the experience with Austin Butler. The actor was so determined to portray Elvis Presley accurately that he spent three years perfecting it, and he may have changed his voice permanently like the King.
Ahead of Austin Butler’s appearance at the 95th Academy Awards on March 12, you can check it out Elvis aired with a Maximum HBO subscription .
Source: Cinemablend
