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Priscilla Presley On New Elvis Movie Casting Actor Austin Butler

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Priscilla Presley

Priscilla Presley just shared her thoughts on the actor playing her late ex-husband in the new film Elvis. Austin Butler, 30, is set to portray Elvis Presley in the highly-anticipated Baz Luhrmann biopic Elvis in 2022.

Priscilla previously said she was unsure of the casting choice, but she offered a new opinion in a recent interview at Elvis Week.

Click through the gallery here to learn her reaction!

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Elvis Presley

If you're behind on the news, there is a new Elvis Presley biopic coming out next year from director Baz Luhrmann. It's been years in the making, and it finally began filming in early 2020, only to get put on hold due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.

Elvis is the film Tom Hanks was making when he tested positive for COVID-19, and he'll portray Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker alongside Austin Butler as The King. Have a look at the actor on the next slide...

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Austin Butler

This is 30-year-old American actor Austin Butler, who will play the title role in Elvis. Priscilla Presley, the ex-wife of Elvis, previously said only, "I don't know," when asked if she felt Butler was right for the role.

But Presley offered a fresh opinion of the actor this month while speaking at Elvis Week. And it turns out she's now looking forward to seeing Butler portray The King. Her comments on the next slide...

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Priscilla Presley

According to the Daily Express, Priscilla said that Butler is a "nice-looking boy" and he has "good features for sure." But she then added the joke: "But again no one ever looked like Elvis! Sorry!"

While speaking at Elvis Week, Priscilla reportedly also revealed that she's been kept in the dark about the new film by director Baz Luhrmann, although he'd originally promised to show her the script...

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Priscilla Presley and Elvis Presley

"I had nothing to do with the film," Priscilla said, before she joked: "No! If it is good I had everything to do with it!" reported the Daily Express.

Elvis is set for a June 2022 release date, and it co-stars Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker, the famous manager of Elvis Presley. Click to the next slide for a look at how Hanks compares to the real-life Parker.

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Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley

Here's a young Elvis Presley signing a record contract with Colonel Tom Parker in 1955. And now Tom Hanks today...

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Tom Hanks

The man you know and love: Tom Hanks. The iconic actor is now 65 years old, and he's actually getting top billing in the new Elvis film. In early 2020, they were shooting in Australia, which is where Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were among the first notable names to come down with COVID-19.

And a final look at the star who will be playing Priscilla Presley: actress Olivia DeJonge... 

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Olivia DeJonge

This is 23-year-old Australian actress Olivia DeJonge, who landed the part to play Priscilla Presley in Elvis. She's known from the horror film The Visit and Netflix's The Society.

She and Butler have a 7-year age difference, pretty close to Elvis and Priscilla's 10-year gap...

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Austin Butler

And here's Austin Butler again. The 30-year-old has been a TV actor since he was a child, and he recently played Manson Family member "Tex Watson" in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Watch for Butler in Elvis next summer: the film comes out on June 3, 2022.

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Lucas Anderson / August 27, 2021 - 06:15 pm

Priscilla Presley just shared her thoughts on the actor playing her late ex-husband in the new film Elvis.

Actor Austin Butler, 30, is set to portray Elvis Presley in the highly-anticipated Baz Luhrmann biopic in 2022. Priscilla previously said she was unsure of the casting choice, but she offered a new opinion in a recent interview at Elvis Week.

Priscilla Presley on New Elvis Movie Casting Austin Butler

According to the Daily Express, Presley opened up this month about how she's been kept in the dark about the film and its script by director Baz Luhrmann. She also offered a fresh opinion of star Austin Butler, who will portray The King himself.

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It turns out Priscilla may have changed her tune somewhat, as she is now looking forward to seeing Butler in Elvis. She called him a "nice-looking boy" with "good features" and had a great joke about the good looks of the late Elvis Presley.

Click through the gallery above for Priscilla's full reaction!

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