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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Sian Cain

Lisa Marie Presley labelled Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla script ‘vengeful and contemptuous’ – reports

Sofia Coppola and Priscilla Presley at a screening of Priscilla in Los Angeles
Sofia Coppola and Priscilla Presley at a screening of Priscilla in Los Angeles last month. Priscilla’s daughter Lisa Marie reportedly was against the film being made before she died. Photograph: Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock

Lisa Marie Presley reportedly told Sofia Coppola that she thought the script for her latest film, Priscilla, was “shockingly vengeful and contemptuous” and depicted Elvis Presley as “a predator”.

In two emails obtained by Variety, Lisa Marie Presley, who died in January, shared her horror with the Oscar-winning director, asking her to reconsider how her father was depicted and suggesting the film could put strain on her relationship with her mother, the film’s subject Priscilla Presley.

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