Austin Butler He won a Golden Globe Award Tuesday night in the Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for his performance as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s musical-drama biopic. “Elvis”. But while some viewers celebrated Butler’s latest achievement, many were distracted by his acceptance speech.
It wasn’t much he said, however How do he said that. Butler still speaks with a distinct accent—the one he used in the movie to play Mississippi-born Presley.
“My son, my son. Oh man, all my words leave me. I’m so grateful now,” Butler Address the crowd, speaking in Elvis’ iconic southern tie. “I’m in this room full of my heroes. Brad [Pitt], I love you. Quentin [Tarantino], I printed out the text for “Pulp Fiction” when I was 12 years old. I can’t believe I’m here now. “
Listen to the full acceptance speech:
Butler’s accent first made headlines three years ago, when the 31-year-old actor was preparing to shoot the biopic. His everyday voice quickly blended with Elvis’ and he’s frequently appeared in interviews, even recently Hosting “Saturday Night Live”.
“I don’t think I’m still like him,” Butler said, “but I think I should be because I hear that a lot.” the people Backstage after his speech. “I often liken it when someone has lived in another country for a long time, and I spent three years where that was my only focus in life, so I’m sure there are only parts of my DNA that will always be connected in this way.”
In a 2022 interview with GQIn fact, the actor revealed that his intense commitment to the role ultimately made him feel out of touch with his identity: “You can lose touch with who you actually are. And I definitely had that when I finished Elvis — I don’t know who I am.”
He reiterated his feelings while talking to ELLE Australia in Junesaying he wasn’t surprised by fan talk about his change of tone, considering he “hasn’t done anything else for two years.” [apart from working on ‘Elvis’]It is a big part of life.
Butler continued, “Because I’m a shy person, and when I know there are parts of Elvis that I have to click on in order to get out on stage and be in front of loads of people, with his name all over him, there are triggers. You spend a lot of time obsessing over one thing.” And it’s really like muscle habits, your mouth can change. It’s amazing. I know I’m constantly changing. Check in with me 20 years later when I’ve played so many roles. Who knows what I’ll look like!”
Pick up the accents
The adoption of accents isn’t a new phenomenon, but it’s certainly surprising when it’s so noticeable, as with a public figure like Butler, whose accent as a child was not at all like Elvis. for every hustle, imitating people’s accents is actually more common than we think. One misconception is, “It stems from a kind of ill-established personal identity; if you are a person who is instinctively pleasing or bent on assimilation, thinking says, you are more likely to want to fit in with the crowd as much as you can, and that extends to accents.” But in fact, dialect imitation is “a very powerful part of human interaction—but it might only show up if you spend a long time with people with completely different accents.”
There is, too “chameleon effect” which states, “By mimicking another person’s gestures, body position, head tilt, voice modulation, and yes, accent, you are trying to make yourself sound more like them, and hopefully less menacing and more likeable.”
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In Butler’s case, his Elvis accent appears to be the result of years of intense method acting. During an interview on the red carpet at the Golden Globes, Tell Butler to Laverne Cox It’s hard for him to talk about his voice changing:
He said, “It’s like you’re a baby and you’re growing; that’s why you have to draw lines on the wall.” “I can’t think much of it. It’s just this process that I don’t know the difference with.”
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