Austin Butler honors Lisa Marie Presley following BAFTAs win for ‘Elvis’ role: ‘It’s a bittersweet time’

Austin Butler paid tribute to Lisa Marie Presley after winning best actor at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards for "Elvis."Following his big win at the Royal

Festival Hall in London, Butler admitted he felt "honored" to be welcomed into the Presley family and was also grieving Lisa's death.Lisa Marie died in Los Angeles on Jan. 12 at

the age of 54."It’s been a really unimaginably tragic time, you know, and grief is a long process," Butler said, via Variety. "And so my heart and my love was with [the Presley

family] always. PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE MIDDLETON SHARE LOOK OF LOVE ON GLAMOROUS BAFTAS 2023 RED CARPET Austin Butler paid tribute to Lisa Marie Presley on Sunday at the BAFTAs

in London. (Getty Images)He added, "I feel honored to have been welcomed into the family. It’s a bittersweet time."The 31-year-old actor reveled in the chance to play the iconic

singer, and didn't take for granted how close he was to actually walking in Elvis' shoes.AUSTIN BUTLER SAYS TRANSFORMING INTO ELVIS PRESLEY FOR BIOPIC INCLUDED SLEEPLESS NIGHTS,

WAKING UP IN ‘TERROR’"How lucky I was to get to have that experience," he said. "The feeling of standing on an international stage and looking out and looking down at the

jumpsuit that I was wearing and realizing there were certain moments where I was seeing the closest thing to what Elvis would have seen during his ’68 Special or whatever that

was, and I miss it a lot. I miss that experience."He added, "I don’t miss the terror. But I felt every day that the elation that you feel with that. And I miss the people that I

got to make the film with, they became completely like family to me. I really miss them a lot." Austin Butler poses with the award for Leading Actor after winning BAFTA for

"Elvis." (Ian West) Austin Butler and "Elvis" director Baz Luhrmann celebrate Austin's BAFTAs win. (Dave Benett)Austin was a surprise winner at the BAFTAs, in a category alongside

Brendan Fraser for "The Whale," Colin Farrell for "The Banshees of Inisherin," Bill Nighy in "Living," Paul Mescal in "Aftersun," and Dary McCormack in "Good Luck to You, Leo

Grande."LISA MARIE PRESLEY HONORED AT GRACELAND IN PUBLIC MEMORIALButler is also nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in the Baz Luhrmann-directed film. Elvis sold

over 500 million records worldwide in his decades-long career and is recognized by Guinness World Records as the best-selling solo artist of all time. Riley Keough, Harper

Lockwood, Priscilla Presley, Austin Butler, Lisa Marie Presley and Finley Lockwood at the "Elvis" premiere in Memphis. (Eric Charbonneau)Lisa Marie was the only daughter of Elvis