Joe Coscarelli

Half good.

Half great.

Yeah.

And I think it helped that people didn't have a ton of baggage with Austin Butler.

I like when an unknown plays a very well-known person.

And that allows the sort of entrance of them and their starlight turning on to really land.

Because there's that early scene in the film, Austin Butler's first performance as Elvis in an auditorium full of young women.

And he comes out and he has the crazy eyeliner on, you know.

The incredible pink suit.

Yes.

And he's really, really, really making his debut, both as Elvis, but also like for the world.

And when the women's heads are like almost literally exploding and they're like turning into puddles and they're screaming and like tearing each other apart to get closer to him and his mom is just like, oh my God, what is going to happen to my boy?

And you're like, yeah, like, yes, the aura is off the charts.

It doesn't matter that the rest of the movie is completely ridiculous because it nails the heart of the thing that made Elvis good, which is not just looking and sounding like Elvis.

Definitely Ray Charles, the Jamie Foxx performance.

Well, I got a woman Way over town It's good to meet Oh, yeah I'm thinking, like, Val Kilmer in The Doors, really, really, really trying to nail Morrison.

They go out on stage and howl for people.

Me, they see exactly what they want to see.

You know, Jennifer Lopez as Selena.

I think that's a big one where it's like I'm both making my debut and I'm really looking and sounding like this person.