Viewers are blasting Tom Hanks' latest performance in the Elvis Presley biopic. Elvis was released in movie theaters earlier this month, director by Baz Luhrmann at the helm and 30-year-old Austin Butler at the titular music legend. Alongside Butler is Tom Hanks, 65, who plays Presley's famed manager, Colonel Tom Parker. And although Hanks has forged a career with outstanding performances in the likes of Forrest Gump, Philadelphia, Toy Story, and Captain Phillips, viewers have branded his performance in Elvis at the "worst part" of the movie - with many unable to look past the use of a fat suit in order to achieve Parker's larger frame. <img class="size-full wp-image-1263160004" src="https://img.vt.co/2022/06/Screenshot-2022-06-28-at-13.28.49.png" alt="" width="898" height="642" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Album / Alamy]] The movie hasn't been out even a week, but that hasn't stopped unimpressed movie theater-goers from taking to social media to voice their opinions on Hanks' performance. "Tom Hanks was the worst part of the Elvis movie. The music and Austin Butler were [fire]," one Twitter user wrote. A second agreed, writing: "All over the place, but really well made. Tom Hanks was easily the worst part but Austin Butler’s performance is incredible. 7.8/10 #Elvis." "Really cannot overstate how bad Tom Hanks is in ELVIS," tweeted a third. "Arguably one of his worst ever performances. Felt closer to Fat Bastard from Austin Powers than anything non-fictional, or even human. "Worst part? Despite being the objective villain, he never felt threatening at all." [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/jeanineshattuck/status/1540445826882740224]] [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/J_ac0_b/status/1541280329322971136]] [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/albertinho/status/1537069485697691654]] [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/ceyoung22/status/1540900101371076608]] And much like the recent <a href="https://vt.co/entertainment/fans-really-disappointed-in-emma-thompson-for-wearing-fat-suit-in-new-matilda-movie">backlash aimed at Emma Thompson</a> for her role as Miss Trunchbull in Netflix's adaptation of the Matilda musical, Hanks also faced criticism for wearing a fat suit for the role of Parker. "Tom Hanks is wearing a fat suit in the movie 'Elvis'. Can we agree that fat suits are offensive, absurd and have no place in dramas? Hire Fat actors," one person tweeted. Another agreed, tweeting: "Between the insulting fat suit (because apparently there are no fat actors on the planet) and his pathetic and laughable performance, Tom Hanks should take a break from acting. #elvis." [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/Fishinthesky77/status/1539436755186769920]] [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/playsbyme/status/1540320243788177410]] "Elvis movie was good with the notable exception of Tom Hanks in a fat suit and facial prosthetics. He was AWFUL," wrote another Twitter user. A fourth added: "i know it's a little early for award predictions but i bet you tom hanks will win a razzie for his work as "tom hanks in a fat suit" in #Elvis [sic]" [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/Cassandrameade/status/1540904109729005568]] [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/hollyweirdo/status/1541684043325968385]] Other Twitter users also went as far as to describe Hanks' accent in the movie and "horrific" and "terrible". "Basically he looks like Fat Bastard and sounds like Goldmember," <a href="https://twitter.com/mjsimpsonfilms/status/1540716724026105860" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> one viewer. <img class="size-large wp-image-1263160005" src="https://img.vt.co/2022/06/2JARMN7-1024x713.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="713" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alexi / Alamy]] Speaking to <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/elvis-fact-or-fiction-film-colonel-tom-parker-presley-baz-luhrmann-biopic-1235302026/">Variety</a>, Col. Parker biographer Alanna Nash was asked if Hanks' accent was accurate to the real man, two which she replied: "No. It was more American, more rural. And he had what sounded like a slight lisp or speech impediment. "Turns out he didn’t have an impediment — he was just trying to wrap a Dutch tongue around the English language, Southern-style." <h6>Featured image credit: TCD/Prod.DB / Alamy</h6>

Viewers are calling 'Tom Hanks in a fat suit' the worst part of new 'Elvis' movie

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