But after the massively popular Disney show, it was different.
How do you reinvent out of something that big?
I go, Wait a minute, Cyrus says.
Credit: CMT/Mark Levine
Dude, you love Elvis!
Its a thin line between Elvis and Jesus.
And I go, Boom!
And that is howStill the Kingwas born.
CMTs first single-camera scripted comedy which premieres Sunday follows the antics of Vernon Brownmule (Cyrus), a.k.a.
Burnin Vernon, a washed-up 80s country singer who now pays the bills as an Elvis impersonator.
The premiere sees him getting out of jail only to discover he has a 15-year-old daughter.
If the premise sounds a bit silly, thats the intention.
Luckily for them, CMT was on board.
Cyrus asked country legend Randy Travis to play the sheriff who arrests Burnin Vernon.
I think people are going to love seeing Randy in this, Cyrus says.
Its an honor that hes part of this show.
Cyrus uses the word honored a lot when talking aboutStill the King.
I take pride in being just a kid from Eastern Kentucky who grew up in Appalachia.
Im so glad that my lifes journey came to this spot.
To me, this is the role of a lifetime to be able to play Vernon Brown.
Plus, it probably doesnt hurt to get to cast Darius Rucker as Jesus.
Still the Kingpremieres Sunday at 9 p.m.
