The new trailer for “The Bikeriders” simply dropped, and with it got here the query: will we hear Austin Butler’s personal voice ever once more? Having simply shaken his notorious Elvis Presley drawl, the Sept. 6 teaser proved that outdated habits die arduous for sure Oscar nominees. In his new position as Benny — the daring bad-boy of the fictional Vandals bike membership in Chicago — Butler tries his hand at a Midwestern accent. Abandoning any pleasant “you betchas,” he hardly ever speaks above a low growl, leaving costars Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer to cowl a lot of the lingual bases.
Butler beforehand forgot to cease talking just like the King of Rock n’ Roll lengthy after filming on “Elvis” wrapped in 2021. He informed Graham Norton that each one the discourse on social media initially made him really feel “self-conscious,” attributing the change in his voice to the singing he did for the film. Later, on the 2023 Golden Globes, he admitted it was arduous for him to tell apart between his personal voice and Elvis’s. “I can’t really reflect on it too much. It’s just this process — I don’t know the difference,” he stated. “I don’t think I sound like him still, but I guess [it must be] because I hear it a lot.”
To be completely sincere, we’re not all that mad at this new Midwestern Butler. Although we now have but to listen to various phrases from his unpredictable character (together with, “you’d have to kill me to get this jacket off”), assuming the identical “process” is at play, we’re ready to listen to this accent nicely after “The Bikeriders” drops on Dec. 1. Read on to seek out out every part else we find out about Butler’s upcoming look.
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