Lisa Marie Presley Had Some Choice Words About The 'Priscilla' Script Before Her Death
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING Lisa Marie Presley was, by all accounts, proudly supportive of “Elvis,” director Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 biopic about her father, Elvis Presley. On Thursday, Variety published excerpts of two emails purportedly sent by Lisa Marie Presley to Coppola last year in which she blasts the “Priscilla” script as “shockingly vengeful” and “very dark and jaded” while urging the Oscar-winning filmmaker to abandon the project. We’ve all been drowning.” After noting that she feared her mother “doesn’t understand the intentions behind this film or the outcome it will have,” Lisa Marie Presley alluded to Coppola’s own family, which includes five-time Academy Award-winning director Francis Ford Coppola. “I hope that when you see the final film you will feel differently,” Coppola’s statement read, “and understand I’m taking great care in honoring your mother, while also presenting your father with sensitivity and complexity.” Elvis and Priscilla Presley at their 1967 wedding in Las Vegas.