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,

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received a 12-minute standing ovation, the longest of this year’s festival so far.

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The cast and crew of the Baz Luhrmann-directed movie gathered to celebrate

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its world premiere at the festival.

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A clip of actor Tom Hanks from the night has surfaced on social media.

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In the 45-second video, Tom was seen making sure it was not him,

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but the film’s lead actor, Austin Butler, who remained in the spotlight.

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In the video, Tom is gesturing the camera person to film Austin,

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instead of filming him.

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