He was “all shook up.”
Austin Butler remembered being hospitalized and bedridden for a week after he completed shooting “Elvis.”
“I had a week of downtime, where I in fact wound up in the health center,” Butler, 31, told People on the 2023 DROOP Awards red carpet on Sunday. “I didn’t get ill the whole time I recorded [‘Elvis’] however the day I completed, I wound up in the emergency clinic.”
He included, “So, I invested a week in bed and after that I went to this other task.”
Despite his health problems, Butler called his time dealing with the film “the best flight of my life.”
Last May, the “Carrie Diaries” alum revealed that his body started “shutting down” after he wrapped the Baz Luhrmann-directed biopic.
“The next day, I awakened at 4 in the early morning with agonizing discomfort and I was rushed to health center,” Butler told GQ at the time.
He wound up being identified with a infection that imitates appendicitis and had to stay in bed for a whole week while he recovered.
Butler put whatever he had into representing Elvis Presley and he is now being acknowledged for all his effort.
Last month, he took home the 2023 Golden Globe award for Best Actor and was infamously trolled when he accepted the prize while speaking in the accent he utilized for his function as the King of Rock and Roll.
After the awards reveal, Butler rejected that he was utilizing a phony accent. His voice coach later on defended the actor, declaring the southern-sounding drawl would probably be long-term.
“What you saw in that Golden Globes speech, that’s him. It’s authentic, it’s not place on,” Irene Bartlett told ABC Gold Coast in January. “I regret individuals are stating that, you understand, it’s still acting, [but] he’s in fact taken [the voice of Presley] on board.”
But Butler, who stated he put his life on “pause” for two years to preparation for the film, confessed this month that he would attempt to shake the noise of his voice and get back to his natural accent.
“I am eliminating the accent, however I have actually most likely harmed my singing cables with all that singing,” he stated on Britain’s “The Graham Norton Show” at the time, including, “One tune took 40 takes!”
Butler didn’t simply take the “Hound Dog” vocalist’s voice into factor to consider while getting ready for his function. He likewise formed a close bond with the late legend’s ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, and their child, Lisa Marie Presley.
Last month, both Priscilla and Lisa Marie accompanied Butler to the Golden Globes to reveal their assistance for him and they both looked teary-eyed when he accepted his award.
But days later on, Lisa Marie died at the age of 54 after entering into heart attack.
“My heart is totally shattered for Riley, Finley, Harper and Priscilla at the awful and unforeseen loss of Lisa Marie,” Butler said in a statement to E! News at the time, referring to the late vocalist’s children and mom.
He included, “I am eternally grateful for the time I was fortunate adequate to be near her intense light and will permanently treasure the peaceful minutes we shared,” he continued. “Her heat, her love and her credibility will constantly be kept in mind.”
Butler honored Lisa Marie’s memory by attending her public memorial service at Graceland with his sweetheart, Kaia Gerber, by his side.