Sofia Coppola Recalls Being 'Excited' & 'Nervous' Over Meeting Priscilla Presley For The First Time

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Sofia Coppola is opening up about her first meeting with Priscilla Presley. If you’re unaware, the 52-year-old filmmaker directed the upcoming Priscilla movie, which stars Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi.

It just premiered during the Venice Film Festival. Speaking with People, Sofia revealed what was going through her mind meeting Priscilla. Keep reading to find out more… Sofia confessed that she “was excited, but I was really nervous [to meet her].” “She let me come interview her and ask her questions.

And she was very, very sweet. But I was nervous — I was like, this is my opportunity to talk to the subject matter, which I’ve never done before,” she continued, recalling that Priscilla was “very kind and let me call her a lot as a follow-up, so when I’d be looking over my notes I could keep calling her.” Sofia also recalls learning some new things about Priscilla as she adapted the biography, with one being that “she was going to high school and living in Elvis’s house.” “Just to kind of hear all the details of her life was really fascinating,” Sofia shared. “I remember being like, ‘What were you doing all day when you were just waiting at home and Elvis was away?

What were you doing?’ I was really trying to understand what she was doing to fill her days when she wasn’t with him.” Just recently, Priscilla addressed the age gap between her and Elvis Presley.