So, we were able to push his character more into Elvis territory and change his face.
That was the general thing with Austin.
JASON BAIRD: For Tom Hanks, his daily makeup was around about three and a half hours.
ELVIS, Austin Butler as Elvis PresleyWarner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
Austins artists were Emma George and Anthony McMullen, and they did an amazing job with him.
Those subtleties really added so much to creating Elvis and making him change that heavily throughout those later years.
DEADLINE: Was there a lot to change with the Colonel as well?
BAIRD: Tom Hanks coloration change spans through three decades.
So, we followed the progression of Colonel Tom Parker aging up.
So, wed curl some hair and hand lay those on right at the end of the makeup.
You dont want people to know that Austin Butlers wearing loads of prosthetics.
But people have only a vague idea what the colonel looks like.
They have a rough idea, so therefore Baz has a bit more leeway to alter it.
Can we just see a nose?
Its really old school.
Its one of the first things I ever did at makeup college, like 35 years ago.
