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Lisa Marie Presleyhad concerns aboutSofia Coppola’s upcoming biopicPriscilla.
According toVariety, the singer asked the Oscar-winning filmmaker to reconsider her vision for the film four months beforeher death in January. The daughter ofElvisandPriscilla Presleyreportedly sent two emails to Coppola in which she referred to the script as “shockingly vengeful and contemptuous.”
The film is based on Priscilla’s 1985 memoirElvis and Me. It featuresJacob ElordiandCailee Spaenyas Elvis and Priscilla, respectively, and tellstheir love storyfrom Priscilla’s point of view.
Jacob Elordi, Cailee Spaeny in “Priscilla”.Philippe Le Sourd/A24
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Although Elvis' rise to stardom was documented throughthe Baz Luhrmann-directed filmof the same name, Lisa Marie had issues with how he was set to be portrayed in the new project.
“My father only comes across as a predator and manipulative. As his daughter, I don’t read this and see any of my father in this character. I don’t read this and see my mother’s perspective of my father. I read this and see your shockingly vengeful and contemptuous perspective and I don’t understand why?" Lisa Marie reportedly wrote in one of two emails that were sent roughly four hours apart in September 2022, according toVariety.
In another message, Lisa Marie reportedly told Coppola that she had to explain to one of her young twins,Harper Lockwood, that the film would be “another hit in our lives.”
“That there is going to be a movie about her grandfather that is going to try to make him look really, really bad but it’s not true. I had to explain that her beloved grandmother is supporting it. These two little girls have been through so much in the past 7 years, enduringmy divorceand horrificcustody battleand thenlosing their brother. We’ve all been drowning,” she wrote.
Apart from voicing her concerns,Varietyreported that Lisa Marie told Coppola that she was set to speak out against the project and her mother publicly.
She wrote in one of her messages, per the outlet, “I will be forced to be in a position where I will have to openly say how I feel about the film and go against you, my mother and this film publicly.”
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla Presley, Sofia Coppola and Jacob Elordi attend a red carpet for the movie “Priscilla” at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2023 in Venice, Italy.Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
“I’ve seen all of her movies. And her sensitivity, her understanding of women, she really puts her heart and soul into it. I would never do this with anyone else," she said.
Whileattending its premiereat theVenice International Film Festival, Priscilla alsopraised the film in front of reporters.
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“It’s very difficult to sit and watch a film about you and about your life and about your love. I think 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 said.
source: people.com
