Jacob Elordi is only a hunk of burning love as Elvis Presley.
The “Euphoria” breakout star transforms into the King of Rock ‘n Roll for Sofia Coppola’s adaptation of Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir, “Elvis and Me.” Merely titled “Priscilla,” the A24 film stars Cailee Spaeny because the ex-wife of Elvis.
“Priscilla” marks Coppola’s third movie with A24 since “On the Rocks” and “The Bling Ring.” The author-director reunites with collaborators like cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd, costume designer Stacey Battat, editor Sarah Flack, and manufacturing designer Tamara Deverell for the interval piece.
Coppola lately compared “Priscilla” to her 2006 film “Marie Antoinette,” calling Priscilla herself a “quintessential glamor icon” of Americana fashion.
“I used to be simply so involved in Priscilla’s story and her perspective on what all of it felt prefer to develop up as a young person in Graceland,” Coppola stated. “She was going via all of the phases of younger womanhood in such an amplified world — type of equally to Marie Antoinette.”
The director added that the function is “a low-budget movie” that shall be totally completely different from Baz Luhrmann’s Oscar-nominated musical biopic “Elvis” starring Austin Butler.
“I feel Baz is so distinctive and his tackle that story was so artistic. However Priscilla is such a minor character in that movie so I never felt like I was treading on the same territory,” Coppola stated. “I really like that individuals have been so into his movie about Elvis, and now in just a few years there’ll be one other movie about Priscilla. I feel it’ll be fascinating to have two utterly completely different interpretations of the identical occasions and time interval.”
Actors Elordi informed Harper’s Bazaar Australia that filming “Priscilla” was “the expertise of a lifetime” with Coppola.
“I’ve by no means labored with anyone as calm as Sofia Coppola; as calm and as positive as she is in her private fashion,” the “Kissing Sales space” alum stated. “She’s simply a completely stunning human being — she’s the personification of how her set is. Every little thing ran easily, every little thing was stunning, every little thing was organized, we by no means had a foul day on set. I simply actually hope we did the entire thing justice, however both means, it’s an expertise that I’ll undoubtedly cherish.”
“Priscilla” premieres later this 12 months in theaters. Try the teaser beneath.
