The messages were sent for months before Presley passed away in January 2023 from complications from bariatric surgery she had several years ago. I am worried she doesn’t understand the intentions behind this film or the outcome it will have.” “I feel protective over my mother who has spent her whole life elevating my father’s legacy. “I am worried that my mother isn’t seeing the nuance here or realizing the way in which Elvis will be perceived when this movie comes out,” Lisa Marie Presley wrote in one of the emails. According to two emails obtained by Variety, she asked “Coppola to reconsider her vision for the character and to spare her family public embarrassment.” Her comments come after the couple’s late daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, called the script for Priscilla “shockingly vengeful and contemptuous” before her death.
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Presley and their 4 day old daughter Lisa Marie Presley on Februin Memphis, Tennessee. MEMPHIS, TN - FEBRUARY 5: Rock and roll singer Elvis Presley with his wife Priscilla Beaulieu.
