Elvis Presley Opened up about his heartbreak at a hotel once.
In the new documentary “The Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis PresleyWhich hits Netflix on Wednesday, fans will get a glimpse of the rock ‘n’ roll legend’s 1968 comeback, ‘Elvis.’
The special – which originally aired on NBC – is credited with reviving Presley’s career, after many critics believed it was over.
“My image in Hollywood was wrong and I knew it, and I couldn’t do anything about it,” the singer said in a clip from the documentary. People“I didn’t know what to do. I just felt like I was forced to do things I didn’t fully believe in.
Presley starred in more than 30 Hollywood films before his tragic death in 1977 at the age of 42.
Icon said of his film career, “At a certain level, I had no say in it.” “I didn’t have final approval of the script, which meant I couldn’t say, ‘This is no good for me,’ and so I became very frustrated.”
Presley said, “They couldn’t pay me that much money to make me feel like I had any satisfaction inside.”
Elsewhere in the document, the actor’s ex-wife, Priscilla PresleyWatch footage of Elvis in the 1967 musical “Double Trouble”,Despite being a Grammy-winning musician, he was noticed singing the children’s song “Old Macdonald Had a Farm”.
“This is a crime to me,” the 79-year-old man said as he watched the scene. “This is a crime. To put him in that position and sing that song. This made him a laughing stock. And he knew it.”
This isn’t the first time Priscilla has spoken openly about Elvis’ desire to work on meaningful projects.
“Musically, I think he was quite happy with the way things turned out,” he said in an interview in 2023. The Times UK“He felt good knowing that his music meant something to people.”
Priscilla continued, “I remember sitting with him at Graceland, listening to some of the songs he was recording,” and I asked him why he sang so many songs. He immediately replied to me, ‘Because those songs touch the heart.’ The truth of life is in those songs. he was right.”
Elvis and Priscilla were married from 1967 to 1973 They have one child, daughter Lisa Marie Presley.Elvis died of a heart attack on August 16, 1977. Lisa Marie died in 2023 Complications caused by small bowel obstruction.
