Lisa Marie Presley sent several emails to Sofia Coppola before her death, telling her that she disagreed with the portrayal of Elvis Presley in a film.
From EFE / E. Silva
November 3, 2023 – 10:02 am
Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, expressed her opposition to the film “Priscilla” in two emails. electronically The book was sent to director Sofia Coppola months before her death for portraying her father as “a predator and manipulator,” Variety exclusively reported.
“My father just appears as a predator and a manipulator. As his daughter, I do not see my father portrayed in the script (…) After reading it, I see an outrageously vindictive and contemptuous perspective, but I do not understand why,” wrote Lisa Marie in one of his messages to Coppola in September last year.
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The daughter of the “King of Rock”, who died on January 12 this year, also asked the Oscar-winning filmmaker to rethink the vision of the character and the image of the relationship she had with her mother, the protagonist. from the film, Priscilla Presley.
“Priscilla” is a “biopic” based on the memoirs of Elvis’ former wife entitled “Elvis and Me” (1985), which she executive produces and for the way it depicts the beginnings of Elvis , has already caused some criticism advertising when the singer was 24 years old and she was only 14 years old.
“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 feel “different” when she saw the end result because she was tempted to “honor” his family.
Lisa Marie particularly emphasized that she was trying to protect her own mother because, as she revealed aforementioned Medium had no understanding of “how Elvis will be perceived when the film is released” or “the intentions behind” this project.
“Why are you coming for my father and my family? (…) I thought you of all people would understand how it would feel if something like that happened to you,” he wrote in a tacit reference to the family of Sofia Coppola’s daughter from renowned filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola (“The Godfather”) .
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Sofia Coppola’s new film was part of the official selection of the Venice Film Festival this year and its protagonist Cailee Spaeny won the award for best actress. Jacob Elordi, the star of the acclaimed series “Euphoria,” takes on the role of Elvis.
He will also be nominated for the next awards season in the USA, including that of the Hollywood Academy, which last year nominated “Elvis”, Baz Luhrmann’s film with Austin Butler as the leading actor, in up to eight Oscar categories – he did not put a statuette a.
Lisa Marie Presley (54 years old) died naturally on January 12 this year from a small intestinal obstruction after being urgently rushed to hospital following an apparent cardiac arrest.