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Hes grieving over his mothers death, and shes bored and lonely.
But theres an undercurrent of delight in his voice when he realizes shes just a freshman.
Priscilla rolls her eyes.
Thanks, she says.
Priscilla fights her baffled parents (Why you?
She yawns through her classes during the day and lives every 1960s-era teenage girls fantasy at night.
Did we need another Elvis movie so soon afterBaz Luhrrrmans bombastic entry into the genrejust last year?
No, but also, this isnt one.
Nobody speaks up in the film because thats not what happened in real life.
When they get married and finally have sex, he loses interest in her entirely.
Nine months later, shes pregnant with Lisa-Marie at 22 years old.
Im scared, she says to Elvis, her eyes filling with tears.
I want a baby.
Its just so soon.
What about all of our plans?
Hopefully, Ill grow up soon.
Priscilla herself does grow up, albeit slowly.
The conference itself was strange to sit through.
I really tried to stay in her point of view, she said.
Thats what I love about films, is being able to experience the story.
She added, I wanted to show both sides, the reality of the romance and the illusion.
Its true and its undying, and that to me is beautiful.
I was more of a listener.
I was the person who really, really sat there to listen and to comfort him.
That was really our connection, even though I was 14 …
I was older in life than in numbers.
As for their sexual dynamic, she explained, People think that was the attraction it was sex.
I never had sex with him.
He was the love of my life.
It was like we never left each other, so I want to make that clear.
The difference was this time, they were there to see her.
