Elvis star Austin Butler didn’t carry dwelling the Oscar for greatest actor, however that wasn’t for an absence of help from the Presley household.
Riley Keough, granddaughter of Elvis Presley and daughter of the late Lis Marie Presley, attended the Vainness Honest Oscar occasion Sunday—and there was one particular person she couldn’t wait to run into. “I’m excited to see Austin,” the actress stated, earlier than revealing the duo had already interacted earlier that day. “I texted him this morning and stated good luck, and I’m so joyful I’ll see him tonight.”
Butler broke out as a bona fide film star due to his efficiency because the King in director Baz Luhrmann’s greatest picture-nominated biopic Elvis. Having received a number of prizes within the leadup to the Oscars, the 31-year-old actor was considered as one of many frontrunners for greatest actor. In the long run, The Whale star Brendan Fraser emerged victorious on Sunday evening.
“Taking part in Elvis made me take into consideration the truth that you possibly can have seemingly the whole lot and but nonetheless really feel empty,” Butler beforehand informed Vainness Honest. “You possibly can have all of your goals come true and nonetheless be trying to find one thing deeper and really feel very alone. You expertise a ton of public love, you then’re again in a silent room.”
Keough, not less than, was removed from alone when she walked the blue carpet on the Vainness Honest Oscar Celebration. She was joined by a number of of her costars from the brand new Amazon Prime sequence Daisy Jones & The Six, with Suki Waterhouse even interrupting her interview reside—“simply because I like you a lot,” she informed Keough.
