Elvis’ late daughter sent two emails to Coppola about the film, which she found “vengeful and contemptuous.”
was one of the most famous men who ever lived. He's the definition of rock star. Unfortunately, that of course came along with all the baggage stardom holds. A new movie fromseeks to dive into Elvis' relationship with Priscilla Presley, a girl he married when she was just 14 and he was 24. Priscilla wrote a memoir about her marriage to Elvis calledThey quote one of the letters, which reads...
My father only comes across as a predator and manipulative. As his daughter, I don’t read this and see any of my father in this character. I don’t read this and see my mother’s perspective of my father. I read this and see your shockingly vengeful and contemptuous perspective and I don’t understand why. I will be forced to be in a position where I will have to openly say how I feel about the film and go against you, my mother, and this film publicly.
Unfortunately, we will never know what Lisa Marie Presley would have thought of the finished product; her emails to Coppola also included her saying “I feel protective over my mother who has spent her whole life elevating my father’s legacy. I am worried she doesn’t understand the intentions behind this film or the outcome it will have.”
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