“I just wish him all the best" — Austin Butler on Jacob Elordi.
The Sofia Coppola A24 flick is based on the biography Elvis and Me, written by the real-life Priscilla Presley with Sandra Harmon, and promises to tell the story of Priscilla and Elvis' courtship and marriage through the former's eyes.
So, for context, here's Cailee as a young Priscilla next to the real thing:
And here's Jacob Elordi as a young Elvis:
Here's Cailee as Priscilla on her wedding day:
And here they both are in wedding attire:
As we're still within sneezing distance of Baz Luhrmann's Elvis (2022), I thought it might be fun to cast an eye back to other people who have played the couple. Starting with Austin Butler and Olivia DeJonge in, you know, Elvis:
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When asked about Jacob taking the helm of Elvis, Austin told Variety at the 2023 Golden Globes “I just wish him all the best. We haven’t spoken, but I hope he has a great time." Fun fact: This means that Kaia Gerber has dated two dudes who played Elvis.
Turns out Ashley Greene (of Twilight fame) played Priscilla in a 2016 fictional movie called Shangri la Suite:
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Here are Antonia Bernath and Jonathan Rhys Meyers in a promotional shot for a 2005 CBS miniseries, also called Elvis:
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Susan Walters and Dale Midkiff played the couple in the 1988 TV movie based on Priscilla's memoir:
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There's also a 1979 John Carpenter-directed Elvis, which starred Kurt Russell and Season Hubley:
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