Sofia Coppola and Jacob Elordi.Photo:Stefanie Keenan/WireImage; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicSofia Coppolaand herPriscillafilm crew really got intopickleballduring the making of her Priscilla Presley biopic.In her interview withTheWall Street Journal, the filmmaker, 52, noted that one of her favorite memories from shootingPriscillawas when the movie’s production “built a pickleball court on our shooting stage, and everyone started to play at lunch and we had a big tournament at the end.""[Jacob Elordi] can play pickleball,” Coppola said, when asked whether the 26-year-old actor who plays Elvis Presley in the new movie likes the sport.“Our budget was always strained, low budget, and I was like, ‘I wonder if I could raffle off a pickleball game with Jacob to raise money to get one more day of shooting,’ " she added. “We didn’t, but he was a good sport. He indulged me, even though he’s not an enthusiast. I think he associates it with, like, Malibu moms.“Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla Presley, Sofia Coppola and Jacob Elordi at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2023 in Venice, Italy.Daniele Venturelli/WireImageEuphoriastar Elordi plays Elvis oppositeCailee SpaenyasPriscilla Presleyherself. The movie is based on 78-year-old Priscilla’s 1985 memoirElvis and Me, which reframes the legendary couple’s love story from her perspective.Coppola recently told PEOPLE that she “was really nervous” to meet Priscilla while preparing to make the new movie. “[Priscilla] let me come interview her and ask her questions,” she said at a Chanel andWmagazine-hosted dinner celebrating her new book,Sofia Coppola Archive. “And she was very, very sweet. But I was nervous — I was like, this is my opportunity to talk to the subject matter, which I’ve never done before.”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“She was very kind and let me call her a lot as a follow-up, so when I’d be looking over my notes I could keep calling her,” Coppola said. “When I read the book I was really surprised that she was going to high school and living in Elvis’s house.”Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi attend a red carpet for the movie “Priscilla” at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2023.Vittorio Zunino Celotto/GettyPriscillamade its world premiere at theVenice International Film Festivalin September, where Spaeny, 25, won the festival’s award for best actress. The movie comes one year after directorBaz Luhrmann’s 2022 movieElvis, which starredAustin Butleras the musician andOlivia DeJongeas Priscilla in a story that also focused onTom Hanksas Elvis’s manager Col. Tom Parker.Priscillareleases in theaters Nov. 3.
Sofia Coppola and Jacob Elordi.Photo:Stefanie Keenan/WireImage; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Stefanie Keenan/WireImage; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Sofia Coppolaand herPriscillafilm crew really got intopickleballduring the making of her Priscilla Presley biopic.In her interview withTheWall Street Journal, the filmmaker, 52, noted that one of her favorite memories from shootingPriscillawas when the movie’s production “built a pickleball court on our shooting stage, and everyone started to play at lunch and we had a big tournament at the end.""[Jacob Elordi] can play pickleball,” Coppola said, when asked whether the 26-year-old actor who plays Elvis Presley in the new movie likes the sport.“Our budget was always strained, low budget, and I was like, ‘I wonder if I could raffle off a pickleball game with Jacob to raise money to get one more day of shooting,’ " she added. “We didn’t, but he was a good sport. He indulged me, even though he’s not an enthusiast. I think he associates it with, like, Malibu moms.“Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla Presley, Sofia Coppola and Jacob Elordi at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2023 in Venice, Italy.Daniele Venturelli/WireImageEuphoriastar Elordi plays Elvis oppositeCailee SpaenyasPriscilla Presleyherself. The movie is based on 78-year-old Priscilla’s 1985 memoirElvis and Me, which reframes the legendary couple’s love story from her perspective.Coppola recently told PEOPLE that she “was really nervous” to meet Priscilla while preparing to make the new movie. “[Priscilla] let me come interview her and ask her questions,” she said at a Chanel andWmagazine-hosted dinner celebrating her new book,Sofia Coppola Archive. “And she was very, very sweet. But I was nervous — I was like, this is my opportunity to talk to the subject matter, which I’ve never done before.”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“She was very kind and let me call her a lot as a follow-up, so when I’d be looking over my notes I could keep calling her,” Coppola said. “When I read the book I was really surprised that she was going to high school and living in Elvis’s house.”Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi attend a red carpet for the movie “Priscilla” at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2023.Vittorio Zunino Celotto/GettyPriscillamade its world premiere at theVenice International Film Festivalin September, where Spaeny, 25, won the festival’s award for best actress. The movie comes one year after directorBaz Luhrmann’s 2022 movieElvis, which starredAustin Butleras the musician andOlivia DeJongeas Priscilla in a story that also focused onTom Hanksas Elvis’s manager Col. Tom Parker.Priscillareleases in theaters Nov. 3.
Sofia Coppolaand herPriscillafilm crew really got intopickleballduring the making of her Priscilla Presley biopic.
In her interview withTheWall Street Journal, the filmmaker, 52, noted that one of her favorite memories from shootingPriscillawas when the movie’s production “built a pickleball court on our shooting stage, and everyone started to play at lunch and we had a big tournament at the end.”
“[Jacob Elordi] can play pickleball,” Coppola said, when asked whether the 26-year-old actor who plays Elvis Presley in the new movie likes the sport.
“Our budget was always strained, low budget, and I was like, ‘I wonder if I could raffle off a pickleball game with Jacob to raise money to get one more day of shooting,’ " she added. “We didn’t, but he was a good sport. He indulged me, even though he’s not an enthusiast. I think he associates it with, like, Malibu moms.”
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla Presley, Sofia Coppola and Jacob Elordi at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2023 in Venice, Italy.Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
Euphoriastar Elordi plays Elvis oppositeCailee SpaenyasPriscilla Presleyherself. The movie is based on 78-year-old Priscilla’s 1985 memoirElvis and Me, which reframes the legendary couple’s love story from her perspective.
Coppola recently told PEOPLE that she “was really nervous” to meet Priscilla while preparing to make the new movie. “[Priscilla] let me come interview her and ask her questions,” she said at a Chanel andWmagazine-hosted dinner celebrating her new book,Sofia Coppola Archive. “And she was very, very sweet. But I was nervous — I was like, this is my opportunity to talk to the subject matter, which I’ve never done before.”
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“She was very kind and let me call her a lot as a follow-up, so when I’d be looking over my notes I could keep calling her,” Coppola said. “When I read the book I was really surprised that she was going to high school and living in Elvis’s house.”
Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi attend a red carpet for the movie “Priscilla” at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2023.Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty
Priscillamade its world premiere at theVenice International Film Festivalin September, where Spaeny, 25, won the festival’s award for best actress. The movie comes one year after directorBaz Luhrmann’s 2022 movieElvis, which starredAustin Butleras the musician andOlivia DeJongeas Priscilla in a story that also focused onTom Hanksas Elvis’s manager Col. Tom Parker.
Priscillareleases in theaters Nov. 3.
source: people.com
