Zack Sharf It’s quite the Cannes Film Festival for first-time director Riley Keough.Not only is she debuting her first movie as a filmmaker (“War Pony,” which she co-directed with her producing partner Gina Gammell), but her family history is the subject of Baz Luhrmann’s starry film, “Elvis,” which will make its world premiere next week at the festival.
Keough is the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, played in the film by Austin Butler.Keough joined Variety and Kering at Cannes for a Women In Motion conversation, where she said Luhrmann spoke to her family when working on his film, but she was never approached for a role, despite the strong resemblance she has to her grandmother, Priscilla Presley, and mother, Lisa Marie Presley.
Keough also revealed that the trio of women watched the movie together. Reliving her family’s trauma on-screen caused her to cry during the screening. “It was a very emotional experience.
It’s very intense to watch when it’s your family,” Keough said. “The first movie I ever watched in the theater and said I wanted to make movies was ‘Moulin Rouge,’ I was 12.
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