Austin Butler needed dialect coach to REMOVE Elvis accent for Masters of the Air - after three years prepping for Oscar-nominated role: 'I was trying to remember who I was'

Austin Butler has revealed he needed a dialect coach to 'not sound like Elvis' in new World World II drama, Masters of the Air - after three years prepping for the Oscar nominated role. Austin Butler has revealed he needed a dialect coach to 'not sound like Elvis' in new World World II drama, Masters of the Air - after three years prepping for the Oscar nominated role The acclaimed actor, 32, who baffled fans when he spoke in the music icon's Memphis twang during the 2023 awards season, revealed he needed professional help to lose his accent for his role as Major Gale Cleven He said: 'I was having dinner with Tom Hanks in Australia and he was sort of joking saying, "You’re going to lose your mind when you finish this three years of your life focused on this one thing, you’re gonna have to find something else to jump right into right afterward." 'And the other producer Pat McCormick, who is a good friend of mine, he said, "Well Tom, find him something to do," and then Tom said, "Well I’ve got this World War II thing I’m working on.”' Butler stars alongside Barry Keoghan and Callum Turner as Eighth Air Force Major Gale Cleven in John Shiban and John Orloff's critically-acclaimed, nine-episode WWII miniseries, and the two-episode premiere airs this Friday on Apple TV+. He said: 'I had a dialect coach just to help me not sound like Elvis in that film, that was the whole thing' The star received critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination for his role as Elvis But when at the AARP The Magazine's 21st Annual Movies for Grownups Award last week, Austin sounded like a regular Southern Californian man and DailyMail.com was there to hear it.