Critics have accused him of 'putting it on', but Austin Butler's Australian voice coach for the film Elvis explains why the actor's new drawl may be hard to shake.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleHollywood star Austin Butler doesn't think he sounds like Elvis.Plenty of critics have accused Butler of "putting it on", but his voice coach for the film, Associate Professor Irene Bartlett, said there were reasons why the distinctive voice was still with him.Well, if you're not familiar with his voice, Austin Butler sounds a bit like Elvis.And he nailed it.
"I actually treated him like I would any of my other professional singers," Dr Bartlett told ABC Gold Coast."Basically what I look for is what their natural singing voice is doing," she said. "The voice is basically muscular — we call our high-level singers vocal athletes — it's muscular, so they've got to find the efficiency and authenticity in their own voice," she said.Dr Bartlett said Butler spent years forming a "connection" with the character he was expected to play.
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