Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaLuke Bracey has joined the cast of Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” an upcoming biopic about the King of Rock and Roll.The actor will play Jerry Schilling, who started out with Elvis Presley as young football buddies in Memphis.
While he became a crucial part of Elvis’ entourage throughout his career, Schilling also had an independent life and career outside of the so-called “Memphis Mafia.” He managed the Beach Boys and Jerry Lee Lewis, among other music acts.Bracey joins a formidable cast that includes Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker, Presley’s manager; Maggie Gyllenhaal as the King’s mother, Gladys Presley; and Rufus Sewell as his father, Vernon Presley.
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