Priscilla Presley's reaction to movie based on her life
Priscilla Presley has shared how "emotional" she became after watching the new movie based on her life with her late rock star husband.
The 78-year-old attended the premiere of the new film Priscilla, which was based on her 1985 memoir Elvis & Me.
Priscilla took to the red carpet at the Venice International Film Festival on September 4th alongside director Sofia Coppola and the cast.
"It was very difficult to sit and watch a film about you, about your life, about your love," she explained at a media call following the premiere screening.
"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," she added.
Priscilla went on to explain why she thought her love story was so intriguing to a public audience, as she spoke about the early days of her relationship with the late rock star.
"It was very difficult for my parents to understand that Elvis would be so interested in me and why, and I really do think [it was] because I was more of a listener," she said.
"Elvis would pour his heart out to me in every way in Germany: his fears, his hopes, the loss of his mother which he never, ever got over. And I was the person who really, really sat there to listen and to comfort him. That was really our connection."
She continued, "Even though I was 14, I was actually a little bit older in life, not in numbers. That was the attraction. People think, 'Oh, it was sex.' No, it wasn't. I never had sex with him. He was very kind, very soft, very loving, but he also respected the fact I was only 14 years old."
Euphoria star and Aussie actor Jacob Elordi plays Elvis in the new film, with Cailee Spaeny in the title role of Priscilla, which traces Priscilla's early years and relationship with the music icon.
Elvis Presley estate officials reportedly slammed the movie, with TMZ claiming unnamed officials were displeased with news of the production, labelling it a "money grab."
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