Priscilla Presley has revealed the one issue she had with Sofia Coppola’s 2023 film about her marriage to Elvis Presley, Priscilla, DailyMail reports.
Presley’s marriage to the late King was the subject of the 2023 film directed by Coppola, starring Jacob Elordi as her ex-spouse and Cailee Spaeny playing the titular Priscilla.
The film was based on Priscilla’s memoir, Elvis and Me, which was released in 1985, 12 years after ending her marriage to the rocker.
While Priscilla Presley, 79, was moved to have her story told by Coppola, she said there was one inaccuracy plaguing the film – the way her split from Elvis was depicted.
‘The only thing was the ending. I wasn’t really happy about the ending,’ she said. ‘It didn’t end that way, and we ended — Elvis and I ended very lovingly,’ she said during a panel appearance at MegaCon Orlando this past Friday, according to People.
Priscilla Presley said she remained close friends with her ex following their split, with the rockstar even making ‘unannounced’ visits to her home.
‘We still we kept our relationship. We did. He would drop by my home unannounced, and I was going with someone by the way, and he would come unannounced,’ she said.
‘Thank God it was two o’clock in the morning, and I knew who it was, so I quickly tried to get to the door before he rang the doorbell, and of course he came in, we went in the kitchen, we talked for a couple of hours.’
Priscilla Presley also revealed she learned about her then-husband’s infidelity after reading fan mail sent that was sent to their Palm Springs home by other women.
‘A lot of it was like, “Oh Elvis, thank you for the invite. Charlie Hodge [Elvis’ best friend and confidante] asked me to come up and I’m so glad you, you know, you greeted me and my girlfriends,”‘ she said some of the mail she read through.
But others were more direct. ”Elvis, I had the best night with you. Thank you so much,”‘ Priscilla recalled. ‘Hello, it’s getting worse,’ she recalled thinking as she went through the letters.
Presley said she was ‘quite honored’ that her love story would be given the big screen treatment by Coppola.
She said the filmmaker, who is the daughter of filmmaker icon Francis Ford Coppola, called to give her the head’s up about the movie, assuring her ‘not to worry’ about the film.
However Presley, a fan of Coppola, said she ‘wouldn’t’ have worried anyways. ‘I love her work,’ she stated.
Presley was married to the Can’t Help Fallin’ In Love singer from 1967 to 1973. They welcomed daughter Lisa Marie Presley together during their marriage, but she tragically passed in 2023.
She died at age of 54 of a small-bowel obstruction that developed after she underwent bariatric surgery several years prior.
Elvis was just 42 when he died in 1977.
He succumbed to a heart attack at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee.
Last month, Priscilla paid tribute to Lisa Marie on the two year anniversary of her death.
Priscilla shared a throwback snap of her daughter on Instagram, along with a heartfelt message about her passing.
‘I miss you more than words can say. I wish I could hold you, talk to you, see your smile just one more time,’ Priscilla began.
‘I wish you could see how much you are still loved, how deeply you are missed by all of us who carry you in our hearts.’ -Mom,’ she concluded.