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The involvement astir the Presleys isn’t waning whatsoever. Sofia Coppola is taking connected Priscilla and Elvis Presley’s narration successful her caller movie Priscilla. The first trailer for the movie was released connected June 21 and has that signature Sofia Coppola style.
Priscilla is going to beryllium 1 of the most-talked-about movies of the autumn season. From the formed to however Priscilla feels astir the film, HollywoodLife has rounded up everything you request to cognize astir the Priscilla Presley movie.
The authoritative poster for ‘Priscilla.’ (A24)
Priscilla Movie Release Date
Priscilla volition deed theaters successful October 2023. The A24 movie does not person an authoritative merchandise day yet.
Priscilla Movie Cast
First and foremost, Priscilla was directed by Sofia Coppola. She besides wrote and produced the film. Sofia is known for directing films similar Marie Antoinette, The Bling Ring, Lost In Translation, and The Virgin Suicides.
Cailee Spaeny arsenic Priscilla Presley. (A24)
Cailee Spaeny plays Priscilla Presley successful the film. She had her archetypal large relation successful 2018’s Pacific Uprising. She’s besides appeared successful Bad Times astatine the El Royale, On The Basis of Sex, and The Craft: Legacy. Cailee has besides starred successful the TV bid Devs and Mare of Easttown.
Sofia opened up astir wherefore Cailee was the close histrion to play young Priscilla. “The quality goes from the property of 15 to 27 implicit the people of the film, truthful she had to beryllium capable to enactment and property crossed a large span of time,” the manager told Vogue. “It was truly important for maine to person the aforesaid histrion playing Priscilla astatine those antithetic stages of her life, and I deliberation Cailee tin propulsion it off. She’s specified a beardown actress, and she besides looks precise young.”
Jacob Elordi plays Elvis Presley successful Priscilla. Jacob is champion known for playing Nate Jacobs successful HBO’s deed bid Euphoria. The Australian histrion besides starred successful each 3 Kissing Booth movies. He’s besides acceptable to prima successful the movie On Swift Horses with Daisy Edgar-Jones and Will Poulter. Jacob is the latest histrion to instrumentality connected the King of Rock and Roll onscreen. Austin Butler precocious became an Oscar nominee for his show successful Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis.
Jacob Elordi arsenic Elvis Presley. (A24)
Sofia admitted that she’s lone watched 1 occurrence of Euphoria and said Jacob is thing similar his character. “I thought cipher was gonna look rather similar Elvis, but Jacob has that aforesaid benignant of magnetism,” Sofia told Vogue. “He’s truthful charismatic, and girls spell brainsick astir him, truthful I knew helium could propulsion disconnected playing this benignant of romanticist icon.”
The formed of Priscilla is small. Dagmara Dominczyk stars arsenic Priscilla’s mother, Ann. Dagmara precocious finished her 4-season tally arsenic Karolina successful the critically-acclaimed HBO bid Succession.
What Is The Priscilla Movie About?
The authoritative synopsis for Priscilla reads: “When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley astatine a party, the antheral who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes idiosyncratic wholly unexpected successful backstage moments: a thrilling crush, an state successful loneliness, a susceptible champion friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen broadside of a large American story successful Elvis and Priscilla’s agelong courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German service basal to his dream-world property astatine Graceland, successful this profoundly felt and ravishingly elaborate representation of love, fantasy, and fame.”
The movie is based connected Priscilla’s 1985 memoir, Elvis and Me. Sofia had work Priscilla’s memoir years agone earlier speechmaking it again recently, which prompted her to privation to bring it to the large screen. “I was conscionable truthful funny successful Priscilla’s communicative and her position connected what it each felt similar to turn up arsenic a teen successful Graceland. She was going done each the stages of young womanhood successful specified an amplified world—kinda akin to Marie Antoinette,” she said successful her Vogue interview.
Unlike Elvis, Priscilla volition beryllium the “real focus” of the film. “There are immoderate aspects of Elvis’s career included, but it each benignant of plays retired successful the inheritance of their narration and her processing her identity. I loved however Baz [Luhrmann] approached his communicative successful a precise collage-y way, but I’m gladsome it didn’t spell into overmuch of Priscilla’s communicative due to the fact that present I tin truly dive deep,” she continued.
Does Priscilla Presley Approve Of The Film?
Yes, Priscilla does o.k. of the film. She’s an enforcement producer. Priscilla shared the poster the aforesaid time the archetypal trailer was released and revealed her absorption to the film.
Priscilla and Elvis Presley astatine their wedding successful 1967. (Snap/Shutterstock)
“I americium excited astir the mentation of my publication by the masterful Sofia Coppola,” Priscilla wrote connected Instagram. “She has specified an bonzer position and I person ever been specified an admirer of her work. I’m definite this movie volition instrumentality everyone connected an affectional journey.”
While Priscilla has fixed her blessing, Elvis Presley’s property officials person not. Officials reportedly blasted Sofia’s penning and directing arsenic “horrible” erstwhile speaking to TMZ. “It feels similar a assemblage movie. The acceptable designs are conscionable horrific, it’s not what Graceland looks like,” the root said.
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