In director Sofia Coppola’s new biopic Priscilla, we meet the future Mrs Presley in 1959 when she is a typical 14-year-old all-American schoolgirl, hanging out at a diner and sipping a Coke. She meets the 24-year-old Elvis Presley during his military service and the two begin a wholesome romance of cinema dates and hangouts, despite her parents’ concerns over the age difference.
Over the course of the relationship, we see Priscilla grow from girlhood to womanhood. She moves to Graceland. She graduates from high school. The two get married and have a child.
On the surface, the story of Elvis and his wife Priscilla has all the qualities of a modern fairy tale. The life of an ordinary girl is transformed by a chance encounter with a handsome stranger. She becomes queen to the “King of Rock and Roll” and they live happily ever after in their Memphis palace.
