A year after the Elvis biopic debut, Austin Butler is still getting accolades for his incredible deliverance of the role. However, this time Riley Keough is giving the actor a seal of approval for his outstanding portrayal of her grandfather.
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Riley Sings Austin Butler Praises
During an appearance on Live With Kelly and Ryan , the 33-year-old praised Butler’s Oscar-nominated portrayal of her late grandfather Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic, Elvis.
Her Remarks On His Portrayal Of The Role
Riley Believes Austin Butler’s Portrayal Is The Best In All Of Elvis Biopics
The actress from The Lodge stated in the interview that previous portrayals of the late legend had a “caricature”-like quality, but that Butler, 31, was able to “capture the humanity.”
She Was Emotional After Seeing The Biopic
Riley continued;
Keough shared, revealing that she immediately texted Butler after viewing the film before she’d met him in person.
On Anticipating
Keough didn’t elaborate on the actor’s potential Oscar win, only saying, “Fingers crossed!”
Following Her Family’s Legacy
While preparing to make her vocal debut in the upcoming Prime Video adaptation of the book Daisy Jones & the Six , Keough is, on the other hand, following in the musical family tradition.
Pressures From Being A Presley
Although, when ET spoke with Keough at the show’s premiere earlier this month, she discussed the pressures of carrying on her family’s musical legacy.
What This New Journey Is To Her
Riley Is Interested In Acting
She continued;
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She Grew Up Listening To Music
Riley, who is portraying a Rockstar in the series, added that;
Her First Time Doing Music
She added.
Her First Red Carpet Appearance Since Her Mom’s Passing
Since the passing of her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, Keough made her first red-carpet appearance at the Daisy Jones & The Six premiere.
More Interested In Her Relationship With Music
Keough shared with ET why she’s less concerned with carrying on the Presley family’s musical legacy with the series and more concerned with forging her unique relationship with playing music, even though she avoided talking about her mother’s death with Et when they spoke ahead of the show’s premiere.
Her Latest Project Debut
On March 3, Daisy Jones & The Six will make its Amazon Prime Video debut.
About The New Series
This accounts for how a legendary band broke apart at the pinnacle of its success. According to the official plot summary provided by the streaming service, Daisy Jones & The Six were at the top of the world in 1977.
The band had become well-known thanks to the charismatic performances of Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne as lead singers. They eventually called it quits following a sold-out performance at Soldier Field in Chicago. After all these years, the band members now consent to tell the truth.
Her Role In The Series
Riley Keough, 33, plays Daisy Jones, a free-spirited musician who isn’t afraid to defy gender stereotypes in the workplace.
Her Source Of Inspiration
Keough admitted to PEOPLE that her mother’s career was unavoidably an inspiration for her role in Daisy Jones & The Six .
What She Did To Get The Role
Keough’s foray into the music business began with the series, and when she applied for the role of Daisy Jones & the Six , she exaggerated her musical experience, as she later admitted during a screening of Daisy Jones & the Six .
How She Met Her Husband
In terms of her personal life, Keough first met Australian stuntman, Ben Smith-Petersen, in 2012 while working on Mad Max: Fury Road . A year later, they started dating. They made their engagement public in 2014 and wed in February 2015.
