The script for “Priscilla” was “vindictive and contemptuous,” Lisa Marie told director Sofia Coppola

Elvis Presley’s late daughter Lisa Marie raved about Baz Luhrmann’s biopic about her superstar father, but expressed reservations about the upcoming film about her mother, newly viewed emails show.

diversity reports Lisa Marie was asked to write a letter to the director four months before her death in January PriscillaSofia Coppola to dismiss the script as “vindictive and contemptuous”.

Distributed by A24 and available now in the US, the film is based on Priscilla’s 1985 memoir Me and Elvisand Priscilla is listed as an executive producer.

The story focuses on the couple’s first meeting in Germany, when Elvis was 24 and Priscilla 14, and Lisa Marie felt the original script portrayed her father in a bad light.

“My dad just seems predatory and manipulative,” Lisa Marie says in September 2022 emails she saw diversity.

“As his daughter, I don’t read it and I don’t see anything of my father in this character. I don’t read it and don’t see my mother’s perspective on my father.

“I read this and see your shockingly vindictive and contemptuous view, and I don’t understand why?”

Consequently diversityLisa Marie Coppola also warned in the emails against publicly criticizing the film and her own mother.

“I will be forced to be in a position where I have to openly say what I think about the film and speak out publicly against you, my mother and this film.”

Responding to the emails, Coppola said she would handle both big subjects carefully and hoped Lisa Marie would change her mind once she saw the film. diversity cites project insiders who confirm that certain elements were scaled back before filming began and ten pages were reportedly removed from the script.

Lisa Marie added that she could not understand Coppola’s need to “try to bring my father down to such an incredible film, with the excuse that you are trying to tell my mother’s story, but out of your very dark and dull reality.”

Biography of Baz Luhrmann Elvis was a critical and commercial triumph upon its release in 2022. Austin Butler was nominated for an Oscar for his title role and the film grossed $288 million worldwide.