Elvis Presley says ‘no amount of money’ could make him feel ‘any satisfaction inside’ in new documentary

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Elvis Presley once got candid on his heartbreak hotel.In the new documentary “Return of the King: The Fall & Rise of Elvis Presley,” which hits Netflix Wednesday, fans will get a glimpse at the rock ‘n’ roll legend’s 1968 comeback, “Elvis.”The special — which aired on NBC — is credited with reviving Presley’s career after many critics believed it was over.“Hollywood’s image of me was wrong and I knew it, and I couldn’t do anything about it,” the singer said in a clip from the documentary, per People. “I didn’t know what to do.

I just felt I was obligated to things I didn’t fully believe in.”Presley starred in over 30 Hollywood movies before his death at 42 in 1977.“At a certain stage, I had no say so in it,” the icon said of his film career. “I didn’t have final approval of the script, which means I couldn’t say, ‘This is not good for me,’ and so I became very discouraged.”“They couldn’t have paid me no amount of money in the world to make me feel I had any satisfaction inside,” Presley added.Elsewhere in the doc, the actor’s ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, views footage of Elvis in the 1967 musical “Double Trouble.” She watched as he sang the children’s song “Old MacDonald” despite being a Grammy-winning musician.“That to me is a crime,” the 79-year-old says while watching the scene. “It is a crime.

To put him in that situation and sing that song. It made him a laughingstock. And he knew it.”This isn’t the first time Priscilla has opened up about Elvis’ desire to work on meaningful projects.“Musically, I think he was pretty happy with how things had turned out,” she said in a 2023 interview with the Times UK.