{"id":175850,"date":"2019-07-16T03:27:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T08:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/drake-bell-says-austin-butler-has-elvis-look-but-vocals-are-tough-call"},"modified":"2019-07-16T03:27:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T08:27:20","slug":"drake-bell-says-austin-butler-has-elvis-look-but-vocals-are-tough-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/drake-bell-says-austin-butler-has-elvis-look-but-vocals-are-tough-call","title":{"rendered":"Drake Bell Says Austin Butler Has Elvis Look But Vocals are Tough Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-102904\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"26.8994708995\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"52.4443929564\">\n<section id=\"cb-10a0ff7779a61002ba0cf3fa97521bb4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-41be5ff7-a138-5697-958b-43a26f79e567-1371334346-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/071519-drake-bell-4591522-0-dhk8vuib\">\n    <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-41be5ff7-a138-5697-958b-43a26f79e567-1371334346-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Aaron Taylor-Johnson\" alt=\"Aaron Taylor-Johnson\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Drake-Bell-Says-Austin-Butler-Has-Elvis-Look-But-Vocals-are-Tough-Call.jpg\"\/><span class=\"media-swipe video-block__media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-98ff2632bae06e09c5fbb09f7e184aee\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"27.32\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/drake-bell\/\"><strong>Drake Bell<\/strong><\/a> thinks <strong>Austin Butler<\/strong> has all the right features to play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/elvis-presley\/\"><strong>Elvis Presley<\/strong><\/a> on the big screen \u2026 but his biggest challenge will be singing like the king of rock \u2018n roll.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-940fd4075307d39d0372526229649aa2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"39.7266881029\">\n<p>We got the \u201cDrake &amp; Josh\u201d star in New York City after news broke Austin got the nod to play EP in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/baz-luhrmann\/\"><strong>Baz Luhrmann<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s movie about the icon. Drake, a self-proclaimed Elvis fanatic, says it\u2019s going to be a tough call whether his fellow Nickelodeon alum should attempt to really sing Elvis classics, or just lip-sync.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c7f42d2f635f86ef2ca0fc82b02ebba6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"37\">\n<p>He\u2019s a bit of an expert on the topic, because Drake rattled off several other actors who were in Austin\u2019s shoes \u2014 <strong>Kevin Spacey<\/strong> as <strong>Bobby Darin<\/strong>, <strong>Rami Malek<\/strong> as <strong>Freddie Mercury<\/strong> and <strong>Taron Egerton<\/strong> as <strong>Elton John<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a0ad48781bae66cba8f609424ba58fa6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Drake Bell Says Austin\" alt=\"Drake Bell Says Austin\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1563264868_880_Drake-Bell-Says-Austin-Butler-Has-Elvis-Look-But-Vocals-are-Tough-Call.jpg\"\/><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-26160ffd2230dc6fa85b0c7947c6d699\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"30.3674418605\">\n<p>Vocal abilities aside \u2026 Drake says he\u2019s glad Austin got the part \u2014 beating out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ansel-elgort\/\"><strong>Ansel Elgort<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/miles-teller\/\"><strong>Miles Teller<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/harry-styles\/\"><strong>Harry Styles<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Aaron Taylor-Johnson<\/strong> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/07\/08\/g-eazy-elvis-presley-biopic-talks-consideration-acting\/\"><strong>last minute push<\/strong><\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/g-eazy\/\"><strong>G-Eazy<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 because he\u2019s got the right look.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ed772a2b183417a3dfafb8ac2ef79869\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Drake\u2019s a little bummed he never got a casting call though \u2026 and ya gotta see his Elvis impersonation!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-74fcd7bd311e760afa3b67ba265c0829\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/07\/16\/drake-bell-austin-butler-elvis-presley-movie\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p 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