Austin Butler is hosting SNL

He WANTS that Oscar nomination.

Screw a nomination, I hope he wins.

Who the fuck is bankrolling his PR team, this is getting ridiculous.

R2 He deserves all the hype after the performance he gave in Elvis.

Does he, OP? How UNUSUAL for an actor!

R2, "Ridiculous" that the star of the second-highest grossing movie of the summer should be invited to host SNL? Brendan Gleeson did it, and needed Colin Farrell to get through the monologue. Elon Freaking Musk did it. KIM KARDASHIAN hosted. But NOW you find fault?

So don't watch.

Austin Butler and Lizzo Are Bringing Christmas Joy to SNL

He's got the Hillary Swank effect. Hillary went from 90210 to Oscar winner virtually overnight. I only seen this guy from Carrie Diaries like a few years ago. His stardom has risen basically overnight from his role as Elvis. The same with Ariana Debose.

[quote] I only seen this guy from Carrie Diaries like a few years ago.

Don't forget The Shannara Chronicles!

He didn’t see his family for three years, but he has the time to host Saturday Night Live?

He absolutely blew me away in a film I expected nothing but trash from. I will say I did not expect it

The poor boy is caught in a trap.

I event seen rape victim Fraser yet but he was miles above Farrell who's character is utterly charming but does no stretch of acting.

The WHOLE show is now OVERSHADOWED by the mysterious firing of Cicely Strong!

R11, Filming ended for "Elvis" in March, 2021.

He's been absolutely brilliant tonight. And out of his "sweet" character.

And they brought "The Graduate" into this century with one word---PLIRTS.

I was shocked how good he was. He has a future.

Why "shocked," r21? He's going to be nominated for an Oscar!!

Austin is a superb mimic beyond Elvis.

Tonight he did a terrific "Linda Richman" (I suspect Austin used to do this character at home, so wanted to bring her into his Elvis world!); a perfect Von Trapp-like kid; Blue Steel; but most importantly:

He was a spot-on "IaWL" Jimmy Stewart--- voice, mannerisms, intensity. Perfection.

And how many hosts actually have taken people's real criticisms (his voice, his model looks, his carefully-coiffed hair, e.g.) and made self-effacing jokes about them?

All in all, Austin was great; the show was pretty good. I just thought all the Cecily stuff stole too much of Austin's deserved thunder.

Addendum: I'd like to have seen him replace Kate's "Abducted by Aliens" off-color character! "I had a different experience. Yeah, first they grabbed my meat and two veg, ...."

SNL, a show no one watches, is not what you do to get an Oscar nom.

Did you write that about Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, r23? HMMMM?

Oh, God. An Austin Butler troll?!!! DL is really scouring the outskirts of showbusiness these days.

I have no idea who this person is.

But he has no comedic timing, and he's bland as hell.

I agree that his publicists seem to be pushing him hard, for some strange reason.

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He's dating Cindy Crawford's daughter as noted in the article at R28.

He's a bit old to be the "next big thing," isn't he?

Timmy IS the next big thing.

And he's younger than this Austin Butler person.

Timmy IS the big thing (in a tiny, anorexic package).

Has he dated the Kaia Gerber?

R27, You're on a computer. Don't act like ignorance is a Merit badge.

My scouting troop were luddites, we didn’t have badges for technology related things.

I know I saw Elvis when it was at the cinema but I can't remember a thing about it.

Five years from now: "Austin who?" or "WHET Austin Butler? He was supposed to be the 'next big thing.'"

R35 surely you can remember “he’s caught in a trap” they hammered that point through about a million times.

He really seems to be going all out for the Oscar. I think his people have told him it might be now or never. He looks okay and all but he’s being a bit bizarre now in not dropping the character- it’s in his talk, the way he holds his face… when faye dunaway did this she was panned for mommie dearest.

He’s just this year’s Hunter Parrish.

R27, Colin, Brendan, and Austin are guests on television talk-shows because that's what Oscar possibles do.

Austin was recently on "Jimmy Fallon," Brendan was just on "Jimmy Kimmel," and Colin on "Stephen Colbert" and "Seth Meyers."

Austin was on "SNL" on 12/17/22, and Colin was on "SNL" on 10/08/22 (with host Brendan Gleeson).

Moreover, Brendan's movies are being shown on television lately: "The Mummy" set and "Journey to the Center of the Earth," e.g.

So your emphasis on Austin Butler is peculiar.

well, anyone promoting anything will be on a talk show.

R35, 2 1/2 hours of your life, poof, gone? Maybe aliens abducted you.

Now, it's one thing to imply that Austin Butler's Elvis and Tom Hanks' Col. Tom Parker were, to you eminently forgettable. But to suggest that you do not recall the performances of Alton Mason as Little Richard singing (lip-synching to Les Greene) "Tutti-Frutti" or the late Shonka Dukureh as Big Mama Thornton singing "Hound Dog"---well, that notion beggars belief.

He looked better 5 years ago.

R36, You (and I) should live so long.

R31: His last movie underperformed.