Manifesting his success. Austin Butler spoke his Oscar nomination into existence — and his former costar and good buddy Ashley Tisdale has the receipts to show it.
The actress, 37, took to social media on Tuesday, January 24, to share a clip from the Excessive College Musical spinoff movie Sharpay’s Fabulous Journey. (Tisdale and Butler, 31, performed love pursuits within the 2011 romantic comedy.)
“There’s a buzz. Then it will get right into a pageant. Then it will get distribution. Then I’m signing a studio deal after which I’m getting an Oscar,” the California native mentioned within the video whereas enjoying his character Peyton.
Tisdale, who found she is Butler’s cousin late final yr, captioned the Instagram Story, writing, “Sharpay is aware of decide them!”
Earlier that day, Butler scored a Greatest Actor nod for his position as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann‘s biopic concerning the King of Rock and Roll. He’s up towards Colin Farrell for The Banshees of Inisherin, Brendan Fraser for The Whale, Paul Mescal for Aftersun and Invoice Nighy for Dwelling.
The Carrie Diaries alum famous that the accomplishment felt “like a dream” to him. “[I]t wasn’t one thing that I assumed that since I used to be a child that I’d play Elvis or something,” he advised Good Morning America on Tuesday. “It was solely within the months earlier than I bought the audition {that a} couple issues got here up with my accomplice on the time saying, , ‘It’s best to play Elvis.’ And so it was form of this second of all the celebrities aligning once I heard that Baz was making a film. Now we’re right here. It’s so surreal.”
Butler additionally shared what he thought Lisa Marie Presley would say about his success and the movie’s seven different nominations. “I do know she’s smiling down proper now,” he mentioned concerning the late singer, who died shortly after attending the Golden Globes with him earlier this month.
Us Weekly confirmed on January 12 that the daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley was hospitalized after going into cardiac arrest. In line with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division, paramedics have been capable of assist the songwriter regain a pulse and took her to a close-by hospital the place she handed away at age 54.
Following Lisa Marie’s loss of life, Butler issued a heartfelt assertion, saying, “My coronary heart is totally shattered for Riley, Finley, Harper and Priscilla on the tragic and sudden lack of Lisa Marie. I’m eternally grateful for the time I used to be fortunate sufficient to be close to her shiny gentle and can perpetually cherish the quiet moments we shared. Her heat, her love and her authenticity will all the time be remembered.”
Lisa Marie is survived by her three daughters: Riley Keough, whom she shared with first husband Danny Keough, and twins Harper and Finley, whom she welcomed with ex-husband Michael Lockwood. She was additionally a mom to son Benjamin Keough, who died by suicide at age 27 in July 2020.
