Ansel Elgort Reflects on Losing Elvis Presley Biopic Role to Austin Butler
Ansel Elgort is speaking out about the coveted acting job that went to Austin Butler.
Back in July, it was revealed that Butler had landed the sought-after role of Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's upcoming biopic.
In order to secure the role, Butler beat out A-list stars like Elgort, Harry Styles and Miles Teller.
Though he didn't land the part in the movie, it seems that Elgort, who next appears on the big screen in The Goldfinch alongside Nicole Kidman, is doing just fine.
Elgort is actually in production on another highly-anticipated film, Steven Spielberg's West Side Story.
"Everything that is a good role, you have a fight for," Elgort, 25, tells the Huffington Post.
"Goldfinch I had to sort...