The Untold Truth Of Austin Butler

Austin Butler isn't content just to be known as a TV and film star. In 2018, he branched out by playing Don Parrish in a 2018 Broadway production of "The Iceman Cometh" (via Insider). Though he shared the stage with a number of talented actors, critics only had eyes for Butler's performance. "Tall, with fair hair and light-colored eyes, he conveys, through economy of movement and facial expression, what many of his castmates try to show by shouting and grandstanding: his character's inner life," The New Yorker raved.

Per Deadline, Butler's outstanding performance won over another fan, Baz Luhrmann, leading the director to cast Butler as Elvis in his 2022 music biopic. "I had heard about Austin Butler from his stand-out role opposite Denzel Washington in 'The Iceman Cometh' on Broadway, and through a journey of extensive screen testing and music and performance workshops, I knew unequivocally that I had found someone who could embody the spirit of one of the world's most iconic musical figures," Luhrmann told the outlet.

Butler's fellow stars were thrilled to learn that there was a new King of Rock 'n' Roll in town. "I AMMMM OVERRRR THE F-KING MOOOOOOOOONNNNN," his ex-girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens gushed on Instagram in July 2019. "I CANT WAIT SO PROUD OF MY HONEYYYYY!!!" Speaking of Hudgens, the "High School Musical" star split from Butler in 2020, but they were an important fixture in each other's lives for nearly a decade.

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