Priscilla Video Highlights Sofia Coppola’s Vision for the Biopic Drama

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Priscilla Video Highlights Sofia Coppola’s Vision for the Biopic Drama

Ahead of its theatrical release on November 3, A24 has unveiled a new Priscilla video for Sofia Coppola’s upcoming biographical drama, centering around the complex relationship between Elvis and Priscilla Presley as told by Priscilla.

The featurette shows Coppola discussing her vision for the film along with executive producer Priscilla Presley, who revealed that she has been a fan of the Oscar-winning director’s work and would have never done the biopic with other filmmakers besides Coppola. The acclaimed director also revealed what compelled to make the project.

Check out the Priscilla featurette below

What is Priscilla about?

“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 gentle best friend,” reads the synopsis. “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.”

Based on Priscilla’s 1985 memoir Elvis and Me, the film is written and directed by Coppola (Lost in Translation, The Bling Ring). It stars Cailee Spaeny (On the Basis of Sex, Vice) as Priscilla Presley, Jacob Elordi (Euphoria, The Kissing Booth) as Elvis Presley, Raine Monroe Boland and Emily Mitchell as Lisa Marie Presley, Jorja Cadence as Patsy Presley, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll as Alan “Hog Ears” Fortas, Luke Humphrey as Terry West, and Dagmara Domińczyk.