“It was a very emotional experience. It’s very hard to watch when it comes to your family,” says 32-year-old Keogh, who was allowed to watch a biography of her grandfather beforehand. I started crying within five minutes and didn’t stop. A lot of family trauma started and generations in the period that can also be seen in the film.”
The young director and actress says Luhrmann spoke extensively with her and her mother and grandmother Priscilla Presley before his film began. The family also gave the manager access to Graceland, the Memphis property where Elvis lives. Furthermore, they did not participate in the movie, as Keogh knows. “Ultimately, we’re not going to tell Baz Luhrmann how to make a movie.”
In Elvis, Luhrmann says (The great GatsbyThe story of international superstar Elvis Presley seen through the eyes of Colonel Tom Parker, a Dutchman born as Dries Van Koek. He discovered the controversial Breda resident and was his manager for many years. The film covers nearly twenty years after its appearance in the mid-1950s. Two stars: Austin Butler (Elvis) and Tom Hanks (Parker). The film will be shown worldwide on Thursday, June 23.
