Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi are entering into some iconic sneakers as Priscilla and Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola’s adaptation of Priscilla’s 1985 memoir, “Elvis and Me.” The movie, “Priscilla,” which Coppola wrote and directed, shall be distributed by A24 in North America. “Priscilla” premiered on the Venice Movie Competition on Sept. 4, and Priscilla, who serves as an government producer on the film, was in attendance as nicely.
Coppola is understood for “The Virgin Suicides” and “Marie Antoinette,” and beforehand labored with A24 on “On the Rocks” and “The Bling Ring.” “Priscilla” comes on the heels of Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 movie “Elvis,” which featured Austin Butler because the titular star and Olivia DeJonge as his spouse. Butler was nominated for an Oscar for his function.
Priscilla first met Elvis Presley in 1959 when she was 14 years previous, and he was 24 and serving within the military in Germany. Priscilla moved to the USA to be with him in 1963, and the pair had been married from 1967 till 1973. “Elvis and Me” describes her relationship with the icon, spanning their assembly, their marriage and daughter, his infidelity, their eventual divorce, and his demise.
The movie’s first trailer dropped on June 21, giving us a style of what is to return via numerous blink-and-you’ll-miss-it snippets of scenes from the movie. They embrace Priscilla making use of her ’60s-style winged liner and aerosol hairspray, watching Elvis play the piano in awe, visiting Graceland, getting married, and extra. The one little bit of dialogue comes on the very finish of the 45-second clip, with Priscilla’s mom asking her, “What about the boys at school? There must be some handsome ones,” alluding to the forbidden nature of her and Elvis’s relationship in its early levels.
Take a look at all the things we find out about “Priscilla,” together with the brand new trailer, forward.
“Priscilla” Trailer
“Priscilla” Launch Date
“Priscilla” will premiere on the Venice Movie Competition on Sept. 4 and can hit theaters on Oct. 27.
“Priscilla” Forged
Selection first reported Spaeny and Elordi’s casting on Sept. 12, 2022. Spaeny is finest identified for her roles in “Mare of Easttown” and “Bad Times at the El Royale,” whereas Elordi stars in “Euphoria” and appeared in “The Kissing Booth.”
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What Has Priscilla Presley Mentioned About “Priscilla”?
“Priscilla” premiered on Sept. 4 on the Venice Movie Competition, and in a press convention that day, Priscilla mirrored on her relationship with Elvis and mentioned the expertise of watching the film. “It’s very difficult to sit and watch a film about you and about your life and about your love,” she stated, per Insider. “Sofia did an amazing job. She did her homework.”
She additionally mirrored on watching the movie, noting that the ending was difficult to sit down via. “So, we built a relationship, and then our relationship went on until I left. And it wasn’t because I didn’t love him. He was the love of my life,” she stated, per Insider.
She went on to debate her relationship with the icon, describing herself as a “listener” for Elvis, who would “pour his heart out” to her. “I was the person who really sat there to listen and to comfort him,” she stated. “That was really our connection. Even though I was 14, I was actually a little bit older in life, not in numbers, and that was the attraction.”
She additionally addressed just a few issues concerning the particulars of their relationship, akin to their much-discussed age hole. “People think, ‘Oh, it was sex, it was this.’ Not at all,” she stated. “I never had sex with him. He was very kind, very soft, very loving. But he also respected the fact I was only 14 years old. We were more in line in thought, and that was our relationship,” Priscilla stated. “I don’t know why he put so much trust in me, but he did.”
In June, Priscilla revealed that she is a fan of Coppola and stated she was wanting ahead to the film. “I am excited about the interpretation of my book by the masterful Sofia Coppola,” she wrote on Instagram. “She has such an extraordinary perspective and I have always been such an admirer of her work. I’m certain this movie will take everyone on an emotional journey.”
Then, in an Aug. 23 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Priscilla as soon as once more threw her assist behind Coppola. “I’m so nervous because it’s my life,” she stated of the film. “The people who are watching, they’re living it with you, and you hope and pray that they get it. They get your feelings, your hurts, your sensitivity.” Finally, although, Priscilla stated she trusts Coppola along with her story. “. . .I just got who she was and I felt that she could get me,” she stated. Citing the truth that Coppola additionally grew up within the orbit of a larger-than-life artist — her father, Francis Ford Coppola — Priscilla stated she felt Coppola might perceive a few of what she went via. “I thought, we have different stories, but she could understand this better than any writer because she kind of lived it in her own way,” Priscilla added.
Elvis’s property, nevertheless, hasn’t been as approving. The property slammed the biopic in June, telling Web page Six that the movie was “horrible” and a “money grab.” Coppola additionally informed The Hollywood Reporter that the property didn’t grant her the rights to Elvis’s music. “They don’t like projects that they haven’t originated, and they’re protective of their brand,” she stated. “But that made us be more creative.”
