Austin Butler, Baz Luhrmann Pay Tribute to Lisa Marie Presley

Butler, Luhrmann and Presley were just together on Tuesday night at the Golden Globes, where Butler took home the award for best actor in a motion picture drama for his performance in “Elvis.” They also attended a pre-Globes party on Sunday, where they celebrated what would have been Elvis’ 88th birthday.

“I am so overwhelmed by this film and the effect that it’s had and what Austin’s done. I’m so proud. I know that my father would also be very proud,” Presley said at the event.

At a recent screening of the film as part of Variety‘s Artisans Screening Series, Luhrmann opened up about his interactions with the Presley family. “Lisa Marie said to me, ‘I’ve never supported a film about Elvis, but I’ll support you,’” he said.

He took a moment to clarify that the Presley estate was no longer owned by Lisa Marie, who sold it in 2005. But she still maintained 100% sole ownership of the family home, Graceland. Luhrmann revealed Presley had given him access to the home and he had set up an office there for 18 months while preparing for the film.

Tom Hanks, who played Colonel Tom Parker in the film, also remembered Presley on Instagram Thursday night along with his wife Rita Wilson.

“Lisa Marie was so honest and direct, vulnerable, in a state of anticipation about the movie,” Hanks and Wilson wrote. “She spoke so eloquently about her father, what the movie meant to her, that it was a celebration of her dad.”