Kurt Russell As Elvis In Forrest Gump

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Kurt russell as elvis in forrest gump. Grahamnortonshow grahamnorton subscribe for weekly updates. So he concluded that russell who was by then too old to appear as the young elvis would be ideal to provide the elvis voice in forrest gump. While his face doesnt appear on screen his voice certainly does for just a few precious seconds. After its success on television in the united states a shorter re edited version of elvis was released theatrically throughout europe and australia.

And in 2001 he played the role of an ex con elvis impersonator planning a las vegas heist in the kevin costner vehicle 3000 miles to graceland. It was nominated for a golden globe award for best motion picture made for television. Interestingly carpenter did not use russells voice for the singing elvis in the movie. Kurt russell will be back this friday.

Russell reportedly voiced elvis presley during the scene. Directed by john carpenter. Kurt russell is actually in the movie. It marks the last role on television for russell and the first collaboration between him and carpenter.

A couple of other sidelines to this is that kurt was the voice of elvis in forrest gump. Forrest gump director robert zemeckis knew that russell had played elvis in the 1979 made for tv film elvis directed by john carpenter.