London, Feb 20 : ‘Elvis’ star Austin Butler paid tribute to Lisa Marie Presley following his BAFTA win for Best Actor on Sunday evening, reports ‘Variety’.
It’s been a really unimaginably tragic time, you know, and grief is a long process, Butler said in the winners’ press room following his win, according to ‘Variety’.And so my heart and my love was with [the Presley family] always.I feel honoured to have been welcomed into the family.It’s a bittersweet time.
Butler also expressed how lucky he felt to portray the legendary singer, a thought that often crossed his mind while he was making the film.
How lucky I was to get to have that experience, he said.The feeling of standing on an international stage and looking out and looking down at the jumpsuit that I was wearing and realising there were certain moments where I was seeing the closest thing to what Elvis would have seen during his ’68 Special or whatever that was and I miss it a lot.I miss that experience.
I don’t miss the terror, he added, according to ‘Variety’.
But I felt every day the elation that you feel with that.And I miss the people that I got to make the film with, they became completely like family to me.I really miss them a lot.
When asked what projects were coming up next for him, Butler cited Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune: Part 2’ and ‘The Bikeriders’, in which he stars alongside Tom Hardy.But right now I’m unemployed, he said, according to ‘Variety’.Which is exciting because it means that I get to go on vacation after March.
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