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Austin Butlerand his ex girlfriendVanessa Hudgenswere both seen outside the same post-Oscars 2023party on Sunday night.
After the awards show, 31-year-old Butler — who was nominated for Best Actor for his performance inElvis— and Hudgens, 34, were spotted briefly crossing paths outside the Vanity Fair Oscars party in Beverly Hills, Calif., as Butler chatted withSharon Stone. Earlier in the evening, Hudgens co-hostedCountdown tothe Oscarson ABC.
It is unclear whether Butler and Hudgens interacted at the party. The former couple dated for over eight years beforethey called it quits in 2020.
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Butler’s years-long journey to take on Elvis Presley’s life — and thefamed rock musician’s accent— actually began during his relationship with Hudgens, as he revealed in January that his ex-girlfriendfirst encouraged him to seek out the roleand thanked her for her support.
“We’d been together for so long and she had this sort of clairvoyant moment and so I really, I owe her a lot for believing in me,” he said at the time.
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“The month before I heard that Baz was making the movie, I was going to look at Christmas lights with a friend, and there was an Elvis Christmas song on the radio and I was singing along, and my friend looked over at me and goes, ‘You’ve got to play Elvis.’ I said, ‘Oh, that’s such a long shot,’ " Butler said at the time.
“A couple of weeks later, I was playing the piano,” he continued. “I never really sang for any of my friends or anything. That same friend was there and I was playing the piano. She said, ‘I’m serious. You gotta figure out how you can get the rights to a script.’ Then my agent called and said, ‘So Baz Luhrmann is making an Elvis film.’ "
source: people.com
