A few weeks after release Elvis Sofia Coppola has started filming Priscilla. Thus, the audience finds two biopics about the king of rock and roll and his wife very close. But this is not the only thread connecting the two sets. In the project of Baz Luhrmann (in which Maneskin also participated), the main character (and an Oscar nominee for this role) is Austin Butler, now the boyfriend of Kaia Gerber. Daughter Cindy Crawford has also been a long-term couple with Jacob Elordi, who plays Elvis in the film. Priscillawhich will premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
Rumors aside, what is known about the biopic Priscilla? The director/writer has clarified that it is based on the autobiography of Priscilla Presley and Sandra Harmon titled Elvis and me (Sperling & Kupfer), published 1987 The real Priscilla is 78 today. and is going through a tumultuous phase since the death last January of him and Elvis’ only daughter, Lisa Marie (the mother of actress Riley Keough, whom we saw in Daisy and six on Prime Video). On the other hand, in the movies, Caylee Spaeny lends her face (which we saw on the show Murder in Easttown with Kate Winslet on Sky and NOW and in First ladyon Paramount+).
Judging by the trailer, there will be a lot of romance in the film, even if Priscilla divorced Elvis (actually Jacob Elordi) for the sake of a wild life. An existence that, for better or for worse, has become a legend. And now, movies. Sofia Coppola called her a kind of Marie Antoinette of the sixties.. And we know she knows that, considering she made an amazing film about the French queen (played by Kirsten Dunst).
Then the audience will see on the big screen one of those impossible loves between stage and reality already knowing in advance how the facts went. But it won’t matter much because the director’s electro-pop style will make everything even more memorable.