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Austin Butler Needed a Dialect Coach to Lose ‘Elvis’ Accent Before New Show


Austin Butler said he worked with a dialect coach to lose his ‘Elvis’ accent before filming his new Apple TV+ series, ‘Masters of the Air’

Butler, 32, explained during a Wednesday, January 24, interview on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert that he filmed the World War II drama right after finishing Baz Luhrmann ’s Elvis, which hit theaters in 2022. Part of finding himself again involved shaking off Elvis Presley ’s signature voice, which Butler worked hard to perfect while filming the biopic. One month earlier, Butler’s Elvis voice coach, Irene Bartlett, defended the actor’s lingering accent.

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