'Priscilla' director Sofia Coppola and stars Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi explain how they brought Priscilla and Elvis Presley's relationship to life — from fake eyelashes to breakfast preferences.
Director Sofia Coppola and stars Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi explain how they brought Priscilla and Elvis Presley’s relationship to life — and the firsthand insight they got from Priscilla herself.Devan Coggan is a staff writer at Entertainment Weekly. Most of her personality is just John Mulaney quotes and Lord of the Rings references. chronicles the famous pair's courtship and eventual marriage, stretching from their first meeting in 1959 to their eventual separation in the early 1970s.
Coppola, Spaeny, and Elordi also had access to Presley home movies and photographs, which they say helped them go behind the walls of Graceland and understand the real people living within. "Probably the most helpful part was ignoring the mythology and trying to find out where the real person lies in that," Elordi explains. "We had the freedom of going to a place where he wasn't so well documented, behind closed doors, so I could play with it a little bit and try to make it a bit more grounded and attempt to make it sound more human."That attention to detail also extended to the sets.
"It's such a gift as an actor to be able to walk into a set that's so immersive, and everywhere you turn there's something tangible," Spaeny adds. "It almost felt like you were walking into a pastry or a cake."Watch the full conversation with Spaeny, Elordi, and Coppola above.
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