Yola Quartey, Luke Bracey, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Dacre Montgomery, and Kodi Smit-McPhee also star in the drama, which will sing itself into theaters on June 24.
Butler stepped into the blue suede shoes of the iconic crooner for director Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming biopic. “Elvis” will chronicle Presley’s rise to fame and offer a glimpse into his working relationship with manager, Colonel Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks. dropped a full-length three-minute clip featuring Butler dressed as the musician - slick black hair, sunglasses, and his famous bedazzled white jumpsuit - alongside Olivia DeJonge starring as Presley’s wife Priscilla. “My body just started shutting down the day after I finished Elvis.”īutler stepped into the blue suede shoes of the iconic crooner for director Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming biopic. “I woke up at four in the morning with excruciating pain,” Butler said. Butler was diagnosed with a virus likened to appendicitis after immersing himself in the role so much that his body revolted. The 30-year-old actor - who plays Rock-‘n’-Roll legend, Elvis Presley - said he was rushed to the hospital in March 2021 where he spent a week bedridden, according to an interview with GQ.īutler was diagnosed with a virus likened to appendicitis after immersing himself in the role so much that his body revolted. At the end of the program, Lee was announced as the winner of season 14, having received the most votes, making him the first autistic and developmentally disabled person to win the show.Actor Austin Butler said his body “started shutting down” just one day after filming wrapped for the forthcoming biopic, “Elvis.” In the finale that aired on September 18, 2019, he performed "You Are the Reason" again, but with special guest Leona Lewis. In the finals, he performed " Lost Without You" by Freya Ridings. During the results, he was announced as one of the ten finalists for the season. For the semifinals, Lee performed " You Are the Reason" by Calum Scott. At the quarterfinals, Lee performed Simon and Garfunkel's " Bridge over Troubled Water," again to a standing ovation, and advanced to the semifinals.
Union pressed the golden buzzer for him, sending him straight through to the live shows of the program. Judges Howie Mandel, Gabrielle Union, Julianne Hough and Simon Cowell gave him a standing ovation at the end of the performance. On May 28, 2019, Kodi Lee auditioned for America's Got Talent performing Leon Russell's " A Song For You". Kodi is a prodigious musical savant – that is, a person who manifests musical abilities that would be considered extraordinary even in a person who is not autistic. He was also diagnosed with autism at an early age and has Addison's disease. He was born with optic nerve hypoplasia, causing him to become legally blind.
At the end of the season, he was declared the winner. In 2019, Lee auditioned for the fourteenth season of America's Got Talent and within two weeks, the video had over 50 million views on the internet.
He rose to fame after participating in and winning the 14th season of the reality competition show America's Got Talent. Kodi Taehyun Lee (born July 7, 1996) is a Korean-American singer-songwriter and pianist.