Priscilla gives a different take on Elvis as played by Jacob Elordi

Sofia Coppola’s new film A24 stars Jacob Elordi as Elvis

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  Austen Goslin
  

• on June 21, 2023 6:01 pm

The Elvis Presley story is already box office gold, as Baz Luhrman proved last year, but now we have a very different perspective: Priscilla’s. The new film focusing on Elvis’ wife Priscilla Presley released its first trailer on Wednesday, ahead of its release date later this year.

Sofia Coppola’s latest film (It gets lost in translation), Priscilla tells the story of Priscilla Ann Wagner (Cailee Spaeny), who would eventually marry Elvis (Jacob Elordi). But unlike other films, where Elvis creates a vortex that wraps the rest of the film into him, Coppola’s film seems to keep things centered around Priscilla, at least it does in this brief preview. We go from scenes of Priscilla as a young woman, to scenes of her with Elvis that make him seem a little more personal than the idol on stage.

The film is written and directed by Coppola and is based on Priscilla’s own memoirs. Elvis and me, which he co-wrote with Sandra Harmon. Along with Spaeny and Elordi, the film will also star Jorja Cadence and Dagmara Domińczyk. The film is produced and distributed by A24.

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