The Elvis star talks playing Priscilla Presley, working with Toni Collete, and what she learned from her very first crush.
And while many viewers are still upset about the show's cancellation, DeJonge did not miss a beat. Instead, she booked the role of Priscilla Presley in one of the most anticipated films of 2022.in the titular role and directed by Baz Luhrmann, follows the young singer during his rise to fame alongside the strained relationship between him and his manager, Colonel Tom Parker .
She auditioned for the role, thought she did a poor job, and asked for an extension. After she sent in her retake, she managed to let it go, figuring she would not be cast inat all, until a few months later during dinner with her agents. “We're talking about the film and I was like, Who ended up doing Elvis? Because I'm dying to know and I want to know what's up with that project,” she says. “And as we were talking about it, my agent got a text message saying that I was the choice.
As one of the few women in the film, and aside from Elvis Presley’s mother, Priscilla is the only person we see the musician rely on emotionally. We meet Priscilla while Elvis is serving overseas in the armed forces, and soon after, she quickly becomes a part of every scene, smiling and cheering him on in the background of every performance. However, as Elvis’s addictions and chaotic schedule gets in the way, we also witness the breakdown of their relationship.
For DeJonge, that vulnerability and femininity Priscilla embodied in those moments were the hardest for her to nail, saying that it “felt like a far stretch within myself.” Of course, she felt nervous to play such an iconic woman, but all of those feelings were quelled when the pair met after filming, and later, at the Cannes film festival when theyThe 24-year-old actress was born in Melbourne, Australia, and moved to Perth at the age of six.
“Oftentimes, I find myself playing a different version of myself, but watching Toni, as soon as you yell action, she's a different person,” DeJonge says of her time spent on set for. “It encouraged me to take a lot more risks in my projects moving forward, in terms of making bolder character choices that feel maybe a little foreign to me right now.” She hasn't had the chance to get back on set and put those new skills to work yet, but she's eager.
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