Baz Luhrmann’s extremely anticipated “Elvis” movie is a dream come true for the whole ensemble solid. Two weeks earlier than the now-streaming film’s worldwide premiere earlier this summer season, “Elvis” stars Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Alton Mason, and Yola sat in disbelief at Elvis Presley’s former house, Graceland in Memphis, TN, as they shared with POPSUGAR how grateful they have been to be a part of such an enormous second.
“. . . to form of deliver it again house is so, so particular.”
“It is so thrilling,” DeJonge — who portrays Priscilla Presley — mentioned. “To be in Memphis, too. We have been touring for what appears like an eternity (solely a few weeks), however to form of deliver it again house is so, so particular.” Mason and Yola — who star as rock ‘n’ roll icons Little Richard and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, respectively — echoed DeJonge’s sentiments, saying they have been “feeling all the emotions” in regards to the new film.
Most of members of the “Elvis” solid painting figures that have been within the highlight lengthy earlier than their time, with iconic legacies to match, they usually all admitted to feeling nerves about depicting them on display. “I feel I would be loopy [to say] it wasn’t an all-around intimidating expertise for me,” DeJonge shared. “Fortunately, I used to be so pleasantly stunned by all of the gamers on this movie, whether or not that is Tom [Hanks], Austin, Baz. All of them are extremely educated, very open, and really current with you, which I feel are all actually necessary qualities while you’re entering into a movie like this.”
Not like the common music biopic, Luhrmann’s “Elvis” is tough to categorize because it gives a brand new story in regards to the late rock ‘n’ roll singer’s epic rise and fall, all advised from his supervisor Colonel Tom Parker’s (performed by Hanks) perspective.
Set through the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, “Elvis” takes a detailed take a look at Elvis’s lively years as one of many largest rock ‘n’ roll stars in American historical past. From his early days rising up in Memphis, to the town’s Black musicians that impressed him, to his relationship with ex-wife Priscilla, Luhrmann’s tackle Elvis is exclusive.
The solid referred to as the movie an “electrical,” “balance-redressing” “spectacle” that is a whirlwind of daring theatrics. “It is just like the Looney Tunes factor that Warner Bros. has, when it swirls round and it feels such as you leap into the outlet in ‘House Jam,'” Harrison remarked. “That is what this film’s like. You leap into it and then you definitely type of go, ‘Whoa, Elvis.'”
Learn what else the “Elvis” solid need to say about starring within the new movie, out there to stream on HBO Max as of Sept. 2.
