A new look atSofia Coppola’sPriscillahas arrived.A24 debuted a full trailer for the biopic on Tuesday, showcasingCailee Spaenyas Priscilla Presley from the time she meets Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi) as a teen to when she searches for her own independence outside his shadow years later.“Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy and fame,” reads an official logline.Writer-director Coppola, who based the film on Priscilla’s memoirElvis and Me,toldWMagazinethat “truthfully, I was never that interested in Elvis,” but instead admired Priscilla’s journey.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Cailee Spaeny in “Priscilla”.Sabrina Lantos/A24"I liked that he was committed to style, but his personality didn’t intrigue me at the time. I was so impressed that Priscilla left Elvis," said the Oscar winner.“She was always trying to be his fantasy, his ideal woman. I think about my mom’s generation and how hard it was to be independent. Women without any power or money at that time had nothing when they left their husbands. Priscilla had courage, and that seemed, to me, to be a universal theme.“Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla Presley, Sofia Coppola and Jacob Elordi in September.Daniele Venturelli/WireImageSpaeny, who won best actress at the Venice Film Festival, toldWabout portraying Priscilla, now 78, at various stages of her life.“I’d be 14 in the morning and then 27, with a toddler, at the end of the day. It was crazy, but the arc of the character became clearer when I saw what I was wearing in the scene,” she said of how the costumes helped. “And then, of course, there was the jet black hair in a bouffant, which we all know.“Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny in “Priscilla”.Ken Woroner/A24Elordi said in a September 2022GQinterviewthat Elvis' charm was one of the things that drove him to want to step into his shoes.“He was talking, andhe was so charming to the press, but you could see in his eyes that he was just tired,” he said. “He’s like, ‘I’m tired, man. I only get four, five hours of sleep, I’m tired.’ That’s really sad to me, because it’s a different period of time and it’s someone who’s gone 10 billion times anything I’ve experienced, but the same kind of feeling.“Priscillais in theaters Nov. 3.
A new look atSofia Coppola’sPriscillahas arrived.
A24 debuted a full trailer for the biopic on Tuesday, showcasingCailee Spaenyas Priscilla Presley from the time she meets Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi) as a teen to when she searches for her own independence outside his shadow years later.
“Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy and fame,” reads an official logline.
Writer-director Coppola, who based the film on Priscilla’s memoirElvis and Me,toldWMagazinethat “truthfully, I was never that interested in Elvis,” but instead admired Priscilla’s journey.
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Cailee Spaeny in “Priscilla”.Sabrina Lantos/A24
Sabrina Lantos/A24
“I liked that he was committed to style, but his personality didn’t intrigue me at the time. I was so impressed that Priscilla left Elvis,” said the Oscar winner.
“She was always trying to be his fantasy, his ideal woman. I think about my mom’s generation and how hard it was to be independent. Women without any power or money at that time had nothing when they left their husbands. Priscilla had courage, and that seemed, to me, to be a universal theme.”
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla Presley, Sofia Coppola and Jacob Elordi in September.Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
Spaeny, who won best actress at the Venice Film Festival, toldWabout portraying Priscilla, now 78, at various stages of her life.
“I’d be 14 in the morning and then 27, with a toddler, at the end of the day. It was crazy, but the arc of the character became clearer when I saw what I was wearing in the scene,” she said of how the costumes helped. “And then, of course, there was the jet black hair in a bouffant, which we all know.”
Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny in “Priscilla”.Ken Woroner/A24
Ken Woroner/A24
Elordi said in a September 2022GQinterviewthat Elvis' charm was one of the things that drove him to want to step into his shoes.
“He was talking, andhe was so charming to the press, but you could see in his eyes that he was just tired,” he said. “He’s like, ‘I’m tired, man. I only get four, five hours of sleep, I’m tired.’ That’s really sad to me, because it’s a different period of time and it’s someone who’s gone 10 billion times anything I’ve experienced, but the same kind of feeling.”
Priscillais in theaters Nov. 3.
source: people.com
