
Photo Credit: Hugh Stewart
At the 2022 Cannes Film Festival Elvis got its premiere screening at the festival, earning an astounding 12-minute standing ovation from the audience. (The film, of course, went on to be a box office hit, earning nearly $300 million worldwide.) Speaking at Cannes last year, the film’s star, Austin Butler, talked about how daunting it was to be playing a legend like Elvis Presley, and how he faced that challenge.(Click on the media bar below to hear Austin Butler)