Ellise Shafer Though Priscilla Presley was not initially part of the Venice Film Festival press conference to discuss Sofia Coppola’s biographical drama about her relationship with Elvis Presley, she jumped in on the conversation when asked what it was like to see her life portrayed on screen. “It’s very difficult to sit and watch a film about you, about your life, about your love,” Priscilla Presley began as tears welled in her eyes.
After taking a moment to collect herself, she continued: “Sofia did an amazing job. She did her homework, we spoke a couple of times and I really put everything out for her that I could.” “Priscilla,” starring Cailee Spaeny in the title role and Jacob Elordi as the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, shows Priscilla’s relationship with Elvis from their very first meeting, when she was only 14.
As she is whisked away into his world, Priscilla comes of age and finds her voice. However, she insisted at the press conference that Elvis did not take advantage of her youth. “It was very difficult for my parents to understand that Elvis would be so interested in me and why,” she said. “And I really do think because I was more of a listener.
Elvis would pour his heart out to me in every way in Germany: his fears, his hopes, the loss of his mother — which he never, ever got over.
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