In Sofia Coppola's Priscilla, Jacob Elordi’s Elvis seems to fix the biggest problem with Austin Butler's 2022 portrayal of the King of Rock and Roll.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT In Priscilla, Jacob Elordi's Elvis is fixing the biggest problem with Austin Butler's 2022 portrayal of the King of Rock and Roll. Baz Luhrmann's epic biographical drama, Elvis, glazed over details in favor of spectacle, and, as the title suggests, leaned into making Butler's Presley the hero of the story.
Based on Priscilla Presley's memoir, Elvis and Me, Coppola's film traces over a decade of its eponymous character's life, from the moment she met Elvis at a party through their contentious marriage. Presley, who serves as the executive producer of the movie, doesn't flinch at depicting both the highs and lows of her relationship in Elvis and Me. Similarly, the Priscilla trailer teases Elvis' dark side in a way Luhrmann's film failed to capture.
Priscilla Calls Out The Problems With Elvis' Romance That Austin Butler's Movie Ignored Unlike Austin Butler's Elvis, Priscilla calls out the problems in Elvis' infamous personal life. Worryingly, Priscilla was just 14 years old when she met Elvis while he was 24, making their decade-long age gap problematic from the start. "I was just so interested in... perspective on what it all felt like to grow up as a teenager in Graceland," Coppola told Vogue of the biopic.
While Elvis Presley had an undeniable impact on music and pop culture at large, he wasn't just the sympathetic underdog-turned-icon that Elvis depicts him to be. Instead of approaching its protagonist candidly, Elvis makes the ruthless Colonel Tom Parker , Elvis' manager, the sole villain of the story. Refreshingly, Coppola's movie draws attention to the couple's toxic relationship, all while illustrating Priscilla's desire for agency and independence.
Priscilla Balances Its Sympathetic Portrayal Of Elvis Better Than Butler's Movie What really lends Priscilla credibility, however, is its more balanced take on the Presleys' lives. Instead of painting things in a black-and-white manner, it looks like Coppola's film will address how Parker mismanaged Elvis' career, and also find room to explore his troubling, turbulent, and often problematic personal life.
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