Elvis Presley's tempestuous marriage LAID BARE in Priscilla trailer
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A whirlwind new trailer has dropped for Priscilla, the new movie from Sofia Coppola about the tempestuous marriage between Elvis and Priscilla Presley.

Based on Priscilla’s memoirs, the movie stars Euphoria heartthrob Jacob Elordi as The King and Mare Of Easttown actress Cailee Spaeny as his wife. 

Elvis met Priscilla at a party in Germany while he was stationed there by the U.S. Army – he was 24 years old and she was only 14. 

Their marriage was rocked by infidelities and further scarred by his drug problem, before ultimately falling apart in 1972 a half-decade before his death.

The new trailer promises to lift the curtain back on the dark side of their romance, with Priscilla bleakly intoning: ‘He’s not like you imagine.’

Wedding day: A whirlwind new trailer has dropped for Priscilla, the new movie from Sofia Coppola about the tempestuous marriage between Elvis and Priscilla Presley

Wedding day: A whirlwind new trailer has dropped for Priscilla, the new movie from Sofia Coppola about the tempestuous marriage between Elvis and Priscilla Presley

Wedding day: A whirlwind new trailer has dropped for Priscilla, the new movie from Sofia Coppola about the tempestuous marriage between Elvis and Priscilla Presley

Rising stars: Based on Priscilla's memoirs, the movie stars Euphoria heartthrob Jacob Elordi as The King and Mare Of Easttown actress Cailee Spaeny as his wife

Rising stars: Based on Priscilla's memoirs, the movie stars Euphoria heartthrob Jacob Elordi as The King and Mare Of Easttown actress Cailee Spaeny as his wife

Rising stars: Based on Priscilla’s memoirs, the movie stars Euphoria heartthrob Jacob Elordi as The King and Mare Of Easttown actress Cailee Spaeny as his wife 

Details: Priscilla has maintained that she and Elvis did not have sex until they were married in Las Vegas in 1967, three weeks before her 22nd birthday

Details: Priscilla has maintained that she and Elvis did not have sex until they were married in Las Vegas in 1967, three weeks before her 22nd birthday

Details: Priscilla has maintained that she and Elvis did not have sex until they were married in Las Vegas in 1967, three weeks before her 22nd birthday

Taking aim: Their marriage was rocked by infidelities and further scarred by his drug problem, before ultimately falling apart in 1972 a half-decade before his death

Taking aim: Their marriage was rocked by infidelities and further scarred by his drug problem, before ultimately falling apart in 1972 a half-decade before his death

Taking aim: Their marriage was rocked by infidelities and further scarred by his drug problem, before ultimately falling apart in 1972 a half-decade before his death

In real life, while they were dating, he carried on a concurrent affair with his Viva Las Vegas co-star Ann-Margret – and when Priscilla found out abut it, she ‘picked up a flower vase and threw it across a room,’ per her memoirs. 

Priscilla has maintained that she and Elvis did not have sex until they were married in Las Vegas in 1967, three weeks before her 22nd birthday.

Nine months after the wedding, she gave birth to their daughter Lisa Marie Presley, who famously went on to marry and divorce Michael Jackson.

Elvis and Priscilla’s marriage was a troubled one – she once told Hello! that ‘I never wanted to leave town or even visit my parents as I didn’t want to give him that chance, thinking that someone would come and take my place.’

Priscilla, who herself had an affair with a karate teacher during the marriage, eventually separated from Elvis in 1972, and they finalized the divorce in 1973.

Elvis, notorious for his drug abuse, was found passed out on a bathroom floor in Memphis and declared dead of cardiac arrest in 1977.

Priscilla became a successful businesswoman as custodian of her ex-husband’s legacy, opening up his lavish estate Graceland for fans to visit.

The trailer for Sofia Coppola’s new movie opens on Priscilla as a young girl, when she first caught the eye of the already world-famous rock star.

History: Elvis met Priscilla at a party in Germany while he was stationed there by the U.S. Army - he was 24 years old and she was only 14

History: Elvis met Priscilla at a party in Germany while he was stationed there by the U.S. Army - he was 24 years old and she was only 14

History: Elvis met Priscilla at a party in Germany while he was stationed there by the U.S. Army – he was 24 years old and she was only 14

The last detail: In real life, while they were dating, he carried on a concurrent affair with his Viva Las Vegas co-star Ann-Margret, an indiscretion glancingly alluded to in the trailer

The last detail: In real life, while they were dating, he carried on a concurrent affair with his Viva Las Vegas co-star Ann-Margret, an indiscretion glancingly alluded to in the trailer

The last detail: In real life, while they were dating, he carried on a concurrent affair with his Viva Las Vegas co-star Ann-Margret, an indiscretion glancingly alluded to in the trailer

Baby mine: Nine months after the wedding, she gave birth to their daughter Lisa Marie Presley, who famously went on to marry and divorce Michael Jackson

Baby mine: Nine months after the wedding, she gave birth to their daughter Lisa Marie Presley, who famously went on to marry and divorce Michael Jackson

Baby mine: Nine months after the wedding, she gave birth to their daughter Lisa Marie Presley, who famously went on to marry and divorce Michael Jackson

Looking back: The trailer for Sofia Coppola's new movie opens on Priscilla as a young girl, when she first caught the eye of the already world-famous rock star

Looking back: The trailer for Sofia Coppola's new movie opens on Priscilla as a young girl, when she first caught the eye of the already world-famous rock star

Looking back: The trailer for Sofia Coppola’s new movie opens on Priscilla as a young girl, when she first caught the eye of the already world-famous rock star

Date night: On an early date with Elvis, he asks her: 'What are the kids listening to these days?' and she coquettishly replies: 'Bobby Darin, Fabian and you'

Date night: On an early date with Elvis, he asks her: 'What are the kids listening to these days?' and she coquettishly replies: 'Bobby Darin, Fabian and you'

Date night: On an early date with Elvis, he asks her: ‘What are the kids listening to these days?’ and she coquettishly replies: ‘Bobby Darin, Fabian and you’

Schoolgirl: Their kiss in a car is immediately followed by footage of Priscilla in class at school, underlining the point of how young she was when Elvis snaffled her up

Schoolgirl: Their kiss in a car is immediately followed by footage of Priscilla in class at school, underlining the point of how young she was when Elvis snaffled her up

Schoolgirl: Their kiss in a car is immediately followed by footage of Priscilla in class at school, underlining the point of how young she was when Elvis snaffled her up

'She's much more mature than her age': 'Well, sir, I happen to be very fond of your daughter,' Elvis assures Priscilla's father during their courtship

'She's much more mature than her age': 'Well, sir, I happen to be very fond of your daughter,' Elvis assures Priscilla's father during their courtship

‘She’s much more mature than her age’: ‘Well, sir, I happen to be very fond of your daughter,’ Elvis assures Priscilla’s father during their courtship

Wow: Priscilla takes pains to integrate herself into her beau's adult world, going shooting with him, gambling with him in Las Vegas and stealing a kiss with him by the pool

Wow: Priscilla takes pains to integrate herself into her beau's adult world, going shooting with him, gambling with him in Las Vegas and stealing a kiss with him by the pool

Wow: Priscilla takes pains to integrate herself into her beau’s adult world, going shooting with him, gambling with him in Las Vegas and stealing a kiss with him by the pool

Image: Elvis meanwhile takes it upon himself to transform her, molding her into the iconic Priscilla Presley persona the world came to know

Image: Elvis meanwhile takes it upon himself to transform her, molding her into the iconic Priscilla Presley persona the world came to know

Image: Elvis meanwhile takes it upon himself to transform her, molding her into the iconic Priscilla Presley persona the world came to know

On an early date with Elvis, he asks her: ‘What are the kids listening to these days?’ and she coquettishly replies: ‘Bobby Darin, Fabian and you.’

Their kiss in a car is immediately followed by footage of Priscilla in class at school, underlining the point of how young she was when Elvis snaffled her up. 

‘Well, sir, I happen to be very fond of your daughter,’ Elvis assures Priscilla’s father during their courtship. ‘She’s much more mature than her age.’ 

Priscilla takes pains to integrate herself into her beau’s adult world, going shooting with him, gambling with him in Las Vegas and stealing a kiss with him by the pool.

Elvis meanwhile takes it upon himself to transform her, molding her into the iconic Priscilla Presley persona the world came to know.

He instructs her to acquire ‘black hair’ and ‘more eye makeup,’ and to amplify the effect Priscilla takes the further measure of applying fake eyelashes. 

When she has completed her metamorphosis into the world-famous Priscilla Presley image, she tells Elvis quietly: ‘I don’t know if I like it.’

The anger bubbling underneath Elvis’ charm then asserts itself as he advances on her, demanding: ‘What do you mean, you don’t know if you like it?’

Metamorphosis: He instructs her to acquire 'black hair' and 'more eye makeup,' and to amplify the effect Priscilla takes the further measure of applying fake eyelashes

Metamorphosis: He instructs her to acquire 'black hair' and 'more eye makeup,' and to amplify the effect Priscilla takes the further measure of applying fake eyelashes

Metamorphosis: He instructs her to acquire ‘black hair’ and ‘more eye makeup,’ and to amplify the effect Priscilla takes the further measure of applying fake eyelashes

Candor: When she has completed her metamorphosis into the world-famous Priscilla Presley image, she tells Elvis quietly: 'I don't know if I like it'

Candor: When she has completed her metamorphosis into the world-famous Priscilla Presley image, she tells Elvis quietly: 'I don't know if I like it'

Candor: When she has completed her metamorphosis into the world-famous Priscilla Presley image, she tells Elvis quietly: ‘I don’t know if I like it’

Headed for disaster: At that point the trailer shifts gears, plunging into the depths of their marital woes as their relationship careens toward its inevitable implosion

Headed for disaster: At that point the trailer shifts gears, plunging into the depths of their marital woes as their relationship careens toward its inevitable implosion

Headed for disaster: At that point the trailer shifts gears, plunging into the depths of their marital woes as their relationship careens toward its inevitable implosion

Word on the street: Priscilla, now with the baby in tow, tells her husband: 'You know, there's a lot of rumors about you'

Word on the street: Priscilla, now with the baby in tow, tells her husband: 'You know, there's a lot of rumors about you'

Word on the street: Priscilla, now with the baby in tow, tells her husband: ‘You know, there’s a lot of rumors about you’

Self-medicating?: Cut to a blizzard of clips showing the marriage's collapse into pills, a chair-throwing row and even a brief sighting of Priscilla's karate class

Self-medicating?: Cut to a blizzard of clips showing the marriage's collapse into pills, a chair-throwing row and even a brief sighting of Priscilla's karate class

Self-medicating?: Cut to a blizzard of clips showing the marriage’s collapse into pills, a chair-throwing row and even a brief sighting of Priscilla’s karate class

'Are you gonna be here or not?': At one point, Elvis confronts her about his demons, saying: 'I need a woman who understands that things like this might happen'

'Are you gonna be here or not?': At one point, Elvis confronts her about his demons, saying: 'I need a woman who understands that things like this might happen'

‘Are you gonna be here or not?’: At one point, Elvis confronts her about his demons, saying: ‘I need a woman who understands that things like this might happen’

Moving on: Ultimately, Priscilla finds herself unable to cope any longer with the trials of marriage to Elvis, saying softly: 'I want a life of my own'

Moving on: Ultimately, Priscilla finds herself unable to cope any longer with the trials of marriage to Elvis, saying softly: 'I want a life of my own'

Moving on: Ultimately, Priscilla finds herself unable to cope any longer with the trials of marriage to Elvis, saying softly: ‘I want a life of my own’

Incoming: The new film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival last month and will bow in theaters in the United States on November 3

Incoming: The new film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival last month and will bow in theaters in the United States on November 3

Incoming: The new film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival last month and will bow in theaters in the United States on November 3

At that point the trailer shifts gears, plunging into the depths of their marital woes as their relationship careens toward its inevitable implosion. 

After the trailer makes a glancing reference to the Ann-Margret affair, Priscilla, now with the baby in tow, tells her husband: ‘You know, there’s a lot of rumors about you.’ 

During a heated argument, she tearfully yells: ‘Is there something you’re hiding?’ and he fires back: ‘I don’t have a goddamn thing to hide!’

At one point, Elvis confronts her about his demons, saying: ‘I need a woman who understands that things like this might happen. Are you gonna be here or not?’

Cut to a blizzard of clips showing the marriage’s collapse into pills, a chair-throwing row and even a brief sighting of Priscilla’s karate class.

Ultimately, Priscilla finds herself unable to cope any longer with the trials of marriage to Elvis, saying softly: ‘I want a life of my own.’ 

The new film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival last month and will bow in theaters in the United States on November 3. 

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