Austin Butler hospitalised after filming Elvis

• Austin Butler stars as Elvis Presley in new biopic ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’.
• Star lost his mother Lori to cancer back in 2014.
• Austin also wants to make Priscilla, Elvis’s ex-wife, proud with his performance.

Austin Butler stars as the late King of Rock and Roll in the new biopic and reportedly ended up bedridden with symptoms of appendicitis once filming was complete, according to report.

He said: “It was all-consuming. Then my body just said, ‘All right, I need to rest’ [and I went to the hospital].”

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The ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ star revealed that he had a “connection” with Elvis Presley because the singer had also lost his mother Gladys to the ailment back in 1958. The ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ star had lost his mother Lori to cancer back in 2014.

He told: “That was one of the first keys that connected me to him on a very human level rather than the idea of Elvis. Learning how close he was with his mom because my mom was my best friend, I could connect to him on that level of grief.”

The ‘Hound Dog’ hitmaker, who passed away from heart disease at the age of 42 back in 1977, is now, according to Austin, a “close friend.” Austin also mentioned that he wanted to make Priscilla, Elvis’s ex-wife, “proud” with his performance.

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He said: “Elvis now this really close friend that I can come back to, and I always get joy in his presence. I’ll pop on his music or watch one of his films. It’ll always be a close part of my life. I wanted to make Priscilla proud and do justice to her and her family.”