Tom Hanks ensures camera stays on Austin Butler during Elvis’ 12-minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival

Elvis, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2022 on Wednesday, obtained a 12-minute standing ovation, the longest of this 12 months’s competition up to now. The forged and crew of the Baz Luhrmann-directed film gathered to have fun its world premiere at the competition. A clip of actor Tom Hanks from the night time has surfaced on social media. In the 45-second video, Tom was seen ensuring it was not him, however the movie’s lead actor, Austin Butler, who remained within the highlight. Read extra: Deepika Padukone serves jaw-dropping look at Elvis premiere at Cannes Film Festival. Ranveer Singh calls her a ‘queen’

In the video, Tom is gesturing the camera individual to movie Austin, as a substitute of filming him. A teary-eyed Austin can also be seen giving Tom a side-hug within the clip, as the 2 actors spoke into one another’s ears. The viewers cheered on and on during the standing ovation.

In attendance at the Elvis premiere, aside from lead actor Austin Butler, who performs the titular star, was actor Alton Mason, who performs Little Richard. Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Tom Hanks performs Colonel Tom Parker within the movie.

Twitter customers reacted to Tom’s gesture during the standing ovation clip. An individual wrote, “Tom Hanks is so sweet for drawing the attention of the camera man towards Butler.” Another consumer tweeted, “I love this part.” Another fan additionally appreciated Austin’s journey, and commented, “I can’t imagine what Austin Butler is feeling because as someone who grew up as a teen cute boy on Disney and nickelodeon. From not being taken seriously, to now getting this recognition and a 12-minute-long standing ovation at one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world…deserved.”

Elvis, which charts Elvis Presley’s entire life, is without doubt one of the largest motion pictures to display at Cannes 2022, with a star-studded pink carpet that included Sharon Stone, Shakira, Kylie Minogue, and Diplo, amongst others.  The Elvis premiere at Cannes’ Grand Theater Lumiere was additionally attended by the late singer’s spouse Priscilla Presley.