It’s not each day an actor misses out on a task as a result of he’s “already an icon” — however that’s precisely what occurred for Harry Kinds.
The “As It Was” hitmaker was keen to slide into legendary crooner Elvis Presley’s blue suede sneakers for Baz Luhrmann’s biopic, however sadly for him, the function finally went to Austin Butler.
Whereas it’s undoubtedly heartbreaking for Kinds’ followers seeing another person land the lead function of a movie that acquired a 12-minute standing ovation on the Cannes Movie Competition, Luhrmann revealed it’s usually because he’s already considerably of an icon himself.
“Harry is a very proficient actor,” Luhrmann mentioned on the “Fitzy & Wippa” podcast on Monday. “I’d work on one thing with him… however the actual difficulty with Harry is, he’s Harry Kinds. He’s already an icon.”
“Harry and I got here to a spot, genuinely I imply, he was simply determined to place the go well with on and discover. He’s such a terrific spirit and I’ve nothing however nice issues to say about Harry Kinds,” he added.
The filmmaker additionally revealed he doesn’t forged via auditions. As a substitute, he hosts “wealthy workshops,” including that Butler was merely “born to play” the King of Rock-‘n’-Roll.
“The true difficulty with Harry is, he’s Harry Kinds. He’s already an icon.”
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“You already know, we are able to speak about it now, he like loses his mother on the similar age that Elvis did,” Luhrmann mentioned of Butler.
Previous to touchdown the lead function in “Elvis,” Butler’s movie credit embody “As soon as Upon a Time in… Hollywood,” “Dune: Half II,” and “The Lifeless Don’t Die.”
Butler admitted he shut himself off from the remainder of the world in a determined bid to give up himself to the function.
“I mainly put the remainder of my life on pause for 2 years,” Butler mentioned on the movie pageant final month. “I simply absorbed every little thing that I probably might.”
