Riley Keough had an emotional response to Baz Luhrmann‘s new movie Elvis.
While speaking with Variety at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where she’s set to debut her first movie as a filmmaker, the 32-year-old actress discussed her very personal ties to the film as the granddaughter of Elvis Presley. Click inside to read more… Riley shared that while Baz had spoken to her family while making the movie, she was never approached for a role, despite her similar appearance to grandmother Priscilla Presley and her mother Lisa Marie Presley.
She also revealed that when she cried alongside Lisa Marie and Priscilla when they watched the movie together. “It was a very emotional experience.
It’s very intense to watch when it’s your family,” Riley said. “The first movie I ever watched in the theater and said I wanted to make movies was Moulin Rouge, I was 12.
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