Priscilla Presley attends a red carpet for the movie “Priscilla” at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2023 in Venice, Italy.Photo:Pascal Le Segretain/Getty
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty
Priscilla Presleywas the center of attention Monday at theVenice Film Festival.
When Presley, 78, attended the world premiere ofSofia Coppola’s new filmPriscilla —a biopic based on Presley’s 1985 memoirElvis and Me— in Venice, the Presley family matriarch appeared to grow emotional following the screening.
Coppola could be seen giving Presley a hug as Spaeny, 25, and Elordi, 26, looked on. In total, the movie received a standing ovation from the audience in Venice that lasted seven minutes, according toVariety.
Cailee Spaeny and Priscilla Presley attend a photocall for the movie “Priscilla” at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2023 in Venice, Italy.Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
Presley also appeared emotional when she attended apress conferencefor the movie earlier in the day andcalled Elvis “the love of my life"even as she discussed her decision todivorcethe icon in 1972.
“It’s very difficult to sit and watch a film about you and about your life and about your love,” she told reporters. “I think Sofia did an amazing job, she did her homework. We spoke a couple of times and I really put everything out for her that I could.”
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SEPTEMBER 04: Priscilla Presley attends a red carpet for the movie “Priscilla” at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2023 in Venice, Italy.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty
Priscilla did not initially appear at the podium alongside Coppola, Spaeny and Elordi at the press conference, but she took the microphone when asked what aspects of the film moved her most.
“It was the lifestyle that was so difficult for me, and I think any woman can relate to that. But it didn’t mar our relationship. We still remained very close,” Priscilla recalled of how she and Elvis, whodiedat 42 in 1977, handled their relationship post-divorce.
“And of course, we had our daughter, and I made sure that he saw her all the time. It was like we never left each other,” she added.
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla Presley, Sofia Coppola and Jacob Elordi attend a red carpet for the movie “Priscilla” at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2023 in Venice, Italy.Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
Priscilla, which tells the story of Priscilla and Elvis’s love story and marriage from Priscilla’s point of view, comes one year after director Baz Luhrmann’sElvismovie proved a box office success, withAustin Butlerin the lead role as the legendary performer. Olivia DeJonge appeared as Priscilla in that movie.
“When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend,” reads an official A24 synopsis forPriscilla. “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.”
Priscillais in theaters Oct. 27.
source: people.com
