Elvis Presley insiders are upset at the depiction of the King as a domineering and coercive partner to teenage Priscilla in new movie, “Priscilla.”
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Sources tell us Lisa Marie was not thrilled with the script for “Priscilla” – and thought that her mother was being manipulated by the film’s makers.“Lisa was not happy with the movie, it was more worrying about the script, its quality and that Priscilla seems to have been taken advantage of,” said the Elvis source, who has seen the movie and deemed it “horrible.”Production sources acknowledged that Lisa Marie had been unhappy before seeing the script.
A production source said they never had “any real understanding” of not being allowed to use the music. Elvis wooed the schoolgirl by serenading her and told his friend Rex Mansfield that Priscilla was “young enough that I can train her any way I want.”Elvis and Priscilla in the 1960s; Priscilla moved from Germany to Memphis to be with the star when she was 17.In her 1985 book which is the basis for the movie she called herself “Elvis’ doll, his own living doll, to fashion as he pleased”, writing: “I mean, you lived his life. You saw the movies he wanted to see.
In her book, Priscilla revealed that Elvis refused to have sex with her until they were married. The first time they slept together, she said, was on their wedding night on May 1, 1967. She was a few weeks shy of her 22nd birthday and became pregnant with Lisa Marie shortly afterwards.“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.
For Priscilla, the movie was “emotional.” She first watched it in May and said “I tried to separate myself and live it as if I was just a fan or just someone that’s wanting to see the movie.
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