His dialects were all shook up.
Austin Butler’s Elvis Presley accent apparently still lingered in his voice — two years after playing the late musician.
To get rid of it, the 32-year-old had to hire a dialect coach to phase out his Tennessee twang so as to prepare for the Apple TV+ miniseries “Masters of the Air.”
Butler played the King of Rock ’n’ Roll in Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 musical biopic “Elvis,” a task that earned him an Oscar nomination.
In “Masters of the Air,” he plays a WWII pilot.
The “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” star appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” where he noted that he filmed the TV show just every week after wrapping “Elvis.”
“It was loads,” he said of the fast turnaround time on Wednesday.
Butler continued: “I used to be just trying to remember who I used to be, I used to be trying to remember what I liked to do. All I thought of was Elvis for 3 years.
“After which I had that week off after which I flew to London and at the moment it was COVID so I’m quarantined for 10 days, so I assumed alright just pour all this energy into learning about World War II now,” he said.
The Golden Globe winner added: “I had a dialect coach just to help me not sound like Elvis in that film, that was the entire thing.”
His “Elvis” co-star, Tom Hanks, is one of the producers of “Masters of the Air.”
Butler told Colbert how Hanks wanted him to join the solid of the drama.
“I used to be having dinner with Tom Hanks in Australia and he was sort of joking saying, ‘You’re going to lose your mind whenever you finish this three years of your life focused on this one thing, you’re gonna have to find something else to jump right into right afterward.’
“And the opposite producer, Pat McCormick, who’s a superb friend of mine, he said, ‘Well Tom, find him something to do,’ after which Tom said, ‘Well I’ve got this World War II thing I’m working on,’ ” he went on.
Luckily, Butler’s voice returned before taking over the brand new role. But he did still have it when he accepted his Golden Globe award in January 2023.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times last 12 months, the “Aliens within the Attic” actor blamed his “muscular habits” for his low voice.
“It’s funny to me because I don’t even give it some thought,” he said on the time. “I assume after three years of doing every part that I could to give attention to this one goal of trying to bring life to Elvis on this film, I believe that there’s certain muscular habits that must pop up.
“If I used to be trying to sound like Elvis, I might sound very different straight away,” he continued. “I believe it’s sort of amusing to me how much people want to give attention to this one thing.”