The hottest pop heart-throb wears sugar pink suits and lace blouses, and whips teenage crowds into delirium with his beestung pout and perfectly coiffed quiff. Forty-five years after his death, he is poised for a blockbuster summer. Step aside, Harry Styles – Elvis is back in the building.
An opulent Baz Luhrmann-directed biopic that arrives in cinemas later this month portrays the king of rock’n’roll as an audaciously counter-cultural artist whose music and image challenge the prejudices and stereotypes of the world around him.
