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Vanessa Hudgenshas some thoughts on ex-boyfriendAustin Butler’s continued use of hisElvis Presleyaccent.
Hudgens, 34, responded to an Instagram user’s post about theElvisactor, 31,speaking in the rock ‘n’ roll icon’s accent. In the caption, the social media user joked that Butler attended “theLady Gagaschool of Oscar campaign acting.”
Butler recentlyrecalled how Hudgens encouraged him to the pursue the rolein the first place, though he only referred to her as a “friend.”
“The month before I heard that Baz [Luhrmann] was making the movie, I was going to look at Christmas lights with a friend,” Butler recently said duringThe Hollywood Reporter’sActors Roundtable. “There was an Elvis Christmas song on the radio and I was singing along, and my friend looked over at me and goes, ‘You’ve got to play Elvis.’ I said, ‘Oh, that’s such a long shot.’ "
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“A couple of weeks later, I was playing the piano,” he continued. “I never really sang for any of my friends or anything. That same friend was there and I was playing the piano. She said, ‘I’m serious. You gotta figure out how you can get the rights to a script.’ Then my agent called and said, ‘So Baz Luhrmann is making an Elvis film.’ "
While Butler didn’t specifically name Hudgens in the interview, the actress shared a nearly identical story years ago when the two were still together.
“Last December, we were driving along and we were listening to Christmas music, and then an Elvis Presley Christmas song came on,” Hudgens said on a 2019 episode ofLive with Kelly and Ryan. “He had just dyed his hair dark. He’s a natural blond, and I was looking at him and he was singing along and I was like, ‘Babe, you need to play Elvis.’ "
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“Then in January, he was sitting at the piano,” she shared. “And he’s playing and he’s singing and I’m like, ‘I don’t know how, but you need to figure out how you can play Elvis. Like, I don’t know how we get rights or what we do, but you need to play him.’ "
source: people.com
