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Photos Of The Elvis Cast vs. Their IRL Counterparts Will Have You All Shook Up

The cast is so spot-on.

by Grace Wehniainen
The 'Elvis' cast looks so much like their IRL counterparts. Screenshot via YouTube
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Warner Bros.

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis is here, and now, it’s time to see how the star-studded cast brought Elvis Presley and his inner circle to life. Austin Butler plays The King — and as you may have heard, the accent hasn’t quite gone away after filming. “It becomes a fiber of your being,” he told ET.

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The real Presley was 21 years old when he released his debut album and embarked on the path to mega-stardom — and his iconic physicality also proved a challenge for Butler, too. “My body just started shutting down the day after I finished Elvis,” he told GQ.

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