Lisa Marie Presleydaughter of Elvis PresleyIn two emails to the director, he expressed his opposition to the film “Priscilla.” Sofia CoppolaMonths before he died for portraying his father as “a predator and manipulator.”Variety reported exclusively.
“My father just appears as a predator and a manipulator. As his daughter, I don’t see my father represented in the script (…) After reading it, I see an outrageously vindictive and contemptuous perspective, but I don’t understand why…”wrote Lisa Marie in one of her messages to Coppola last September.
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The daughter of the “King of Rock”, who died on January 12th this yearalso challenged the Oscar-winning filmmaker to rethink the vision of the character and the image of the relationship she had with her mother, the film’s protagonist. Priscilla Presley.
“Priscilla” is a “biopic” based on the memoirs of Elvis’ former wife and is entitled “Elvis and I” (1985), which she is the executive producer of and which has already attracted some criticism because it depicts the beginnings of love between the two when the singer was 24 years old and she was barely 14.
“I have to say what I think of the film and take public action against you and my mother.”. According to Variety, Lisa Marie asked Sofia Coppola not to change the content of her work, to which the director replied that she hoped she would agree to it. “Another way” when he saw the end result because he was trying to “honor” his family.
Lisa Marie particularly emphasized that she was trying to protect her own mother because, according to the aforementioned media, she didn’t get along. “the way Elvis will be perceived when the film is released” nor “the intentions behind” this project.
“Why are you coming for my father and my family? (…) I thought you of all people would understand what it would feel like if it happened to you.”he wrote in a tacit reference to the family of Sofia Coppola, the renowned filmmaker’s daughter Francis Ford Coppola (“The Godfather”).
Sofia Coppola’s new film included the Official selection of the Venice Film Festival this year and its protagonist, Cailee SpaenyShe won the award for best actress. Elvis’ character stands out Jacob ElordiStar of the acclaimed series “Euphoria”.
Likewise, he will be nominated for the next awards season in the United States, including that of the Hollywood Academy, which last year nominated up to eight Oscar categories for “Elvis”, the film by Baz Luhrmann with Austin Butler as a star who ultimately didn’t bag a statuette.
Lisa Marie Presley (54 years old) died naturally on January 12, 2023 as a result of a small intestinal obstruction after he was urgently rushed to hospital following an apparent cardiac arrest.