Cailee Spaeny and Priscilla Presley attend a photocall for the movie “Priscilla” at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2023 in Venice, Italy.Photo:Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
Cailee Spaenyis opening up about how it felt to watchPriscillawithPriscilla Presleyherself.
In a clip from an interview withThe Hollywood Reportershared onInstagram, Spaeny, 25, said that she felt a wide range of emotions as she sat with Presley, 78, at the world premiere ofSofia Coppola’s new movie at theVenice Film Festivalon Monday.
“I think the thing that was most touching to me, also terrifying [was] to be watching the movie with Priscilla Presley right next to me," Spaeny said in the clip. The actress portrays Priscilla in the movie, whileEuphoriastarJacob Elordiplays Elvis Presley himself. (The A24 film was granted a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement amid the strike since it was filmed in Canada with a non-AMPTP studio.)
Priscillais based on the Presley family matriarch’s 1985 memoirElvis and Me. Priscilla herselfappeared to grow emotionalfollowing the movie’s world premiere, with a video thatThe Hollywood Reporter’s Alex Ritman sharedTwitter, now known as X, showing her wiping tears from her eyes as the audience applauded her.
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla Presley, Sofia Coppola and Jacob Elordi attend a red carpet for the movie “Priscilla” at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2023 in Venice, Italy.Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
The movie received a standing ovation from the audience in Venice that lasted seven minutes in total, according toVariety. The video shared on Twitter showed Coppola giving Priscilla a hug as Spaeny and Elordi, 26, looked on.
At a apress conferencefor the movie on Monday, Spaeny — otherwise known for roles in 2018’sOn the Basis of Sexand HBO’s 2021 miniseriesMare of Easttown— said that she felt Priscilla was a major supporter of hers throughout her time filming the movie.
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“It was very daunting, but I got very lucky to have some time with Priscilla and she was very generous with her time," she said, when asked about how she and Elordi prepared to play major celebrities in Elvis and Priscilla. “She was very kind to me and supportive and I think if I didn’t have that, I would have had a much harder time. That was my main source and obviously the book, but I got really lucky that the person I was playing was also very supportive.”
Cailee Spaeny in ‘Priscilla’.Sabrina Lantos/A24
Sabrina Lantos/A24
During that press conference, Priscilla also appeared emotional as she told reporters that it was “very difficult to sit and watch a film about you and about your life and about your love.”
“I think Sofia did an amazing job, she did her homework,” she added. “We spoke a couple of times and I really put everything out for her that I could.”
Priscillais in theaters Oct. 27.
source: people.com
