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Joy Saha

Why Austin Butler still talks like Elvis

Austin Butler took home a Golden Globe Tuesday night in the Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture for his starring performance of Elvis Presley in Baz Lurhmann's musical-drama biopic "Elvis." But while some viewers celebrated Butler's recent achievement, many were distracted during his acceptance speech.

It wasn't so much what he said, but how he said it. Butler is still speaking in a distinct accent – namely the accent he had used in the movie to play the Mississippi-born Presley.

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