"My friend looked over at me and goes, 'You've gotta play Elvis!'" the Golden Globe winner recalled during this year's Hollywood Reporter's Actor's Roundtable.
People on the internet can calm down now as Austin Butler has acknowledged that his ex-girlfriend, Vanessa Hudgens, is the "friend" he credits for encouraging him to play Elvis.
After avoiding each other on the Oscars red carpet, Austin Butler and Vanessa Hudgens came face-to-face at an after-party, three years after their split.
The “High School Musical” alum, who famously insisted Butler should portray Elvis Presley someday, dodged her ex outside the star-studded Vanity Fair Oscars party.