The buzzy biopic about Priscilla’s relationship with Elvis, starring Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi, had its world premiere on Monday night.
Venice: Priscilla Presley Gets Emotional, Opens Up About Relationship With Elvis, Says 'Priscilla' Was "Difficult to Watch"
During the standing ovation, the cast and Presley were seen holding back tears, overcome with the emotion of the event and the reception. Earlier in the day at the film’s press conference, Presley admitted that watching the movie had been hard. “It’s very difficult to watch a film about you and about your life and about your love,” she said. “But Sofia did an amazing job. She did her homework, and I really put everything out for her that I could.”
Presley also spoke candidly about her time with Elvis and had to stop several times to wipe away tears. “Elvis would pour his heart out to me. His hopes, his fears, his loss of his mother, and I was the person who really sat there to listen and to comfort him. That was really our connection. Even though I was 14, I was older in life than in years,” she said. “And that was the attraction. People think, ‘Oh, it was sex, it was this.’ Not at all. I never had sex with him. He was very kind, very soft, very loving. But he also respected the fact I was only 14 years old.
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