We round up a handful of Elvis Presley’s best entries from his Hollywood years.
Elvis Presleywas many things: cultural icon, rebel, musician, movie star.
Just be an ordinary Joe.
Elvis Presley in ‘Jailhouse Rock.'.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty
Come back, and I promise you, you’ll be a serious actor.’
Luhrmann continues, “They’re on a river of money and then the world changes.
You see how quickly I just told you that?
Elvis Presley in ‘King Creole.'.Sunset Boulevard/Corbis/Getty
I told you in three sentences.
That’s all that happens.
“It seems like there was an awful lot of movies where he was that.”
Elvis Presley in ‘Blue Hawaii.'.Paramount Pictures/Getty
“I’m not doing the movie of Elvis in Hollywood,” he concludes.
“And I’m not doing Elvis-and-the-subplot biopic.
I’m doing the story of America through Elvis and the Colonel.”
Elvis Presley in ‘Viva Las Vegas.'.Sunset Boulevard/Corbis/Getty
King Creole (1958)
Both Luhrmann and Butler name this as their No.
1 Presley film, and Elvis himself cited Danny Fisher as his favorite role.
Mirroring his own life, Presley stars as Chadwick “Chad” Gates, a G.I.
Barbara Stanwyck and Elvis Presley on the set of ‘Roustabout.'.Sunset Boulevard/Corbis/Getty
But he’s more interested in working as a tour guide with his girlfriend Maile (Joan Blackman).
1 soundtrack album of his career.
