with Baz Luhrmann Elvis Presley A global box-office hit that is widely expected to appear at the Oscars, stars Austin Butler and Australia’s Olivia DeJonge, who play Elvis Presley and Priscilla, have been on the lookout for promising new roles .
Californian Butler, who plays the legendary singer, has been busy filming a miniseries about the crew of a World War II bomber, air masterand a film about a motorcycle club in the 1960s, cyclist. He also starred in the sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two.
Olivia DeJonge backstage at the Hordern Pavilion, where the AACTA Awards will be held.Credit:Dominic Lorimer
DeJonger, who played Priscilla Presley, stars in miniseries stairs and will appear in american films troublemakerabout a mobster who owns a notorious hockey team.
but her breakout role Elvis PresleyThe 24-year-old won the Australian Academy of Film and Television Arts (AACTA) Best Supporting Actress award in Sydney on Wednesday, but that barely happened.
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DeJonger did what is now standard for actors—recording himself for auditions in 2019.
After three months of no news, she had been wondering who would win the role, when her agent sent a text over dinner in Los Angeles saying she had been chosen.
“We were like, ‘Wait, what?'” DeJong said. “Then there were some timing issues with another project I was working on and I was barely able to finish the film.
“Then came the pandemic. But everything turned out the way it was supposed to happen.”
