Austin Butler Addresses Debate Over His Elvis Accent

“I hear that a lot, but I didn’t do anything else for two years [apart from working on Elvis], that’s such a large chunk of life,” Austin told Elle Australia last June. “I’m not surprised that it clicks in.”

He continued, “Because I’m a shy person, and when I know that there’s bits of Elvis that I’d have to click into in order to go out on stage and be in front of a ton of people, being surrounded by his name everywhere, there’s triggers. You spend so much time obsessing about one thing, and it really is like muscular habits, your mouth can change.”

Of course, Austin noted that he’s likely not to sound like Elvis for the rest of his life, saying, “I know that I’m constantly changing. Check in with me in 20 years when I’ve played a lot of roles, who knows what I’ll sound like!”