The extraordinary life of Elvis Presley will be explored in great detail in “Elvis”, a new biopic. Luhrmann will be showing his fans just how Elvis went from a small-town boy with a love for music to the King of Rock and Roll. Along the way, however, Colonel Tom Parker aimed the star’s life in certain directions that have since been criticised.
Tom Hanks plays Elvis’ manager in the upcoming biopic, but Luhrmann thinks there is a lot more to him than meets the eye.
Colonel Parker hindered Elvis’ career in a few ways. One of the biggest hindrances was that the music mogul famously never let Elvis perform abroad. Colonel Parker was originally from Holland and arrived in the USA illegally. This meant that he worried about leaving the country and being denied reentry.
Even more egregious was that Colonel Parker was a compulsive gambler. Not only did he gamble away all of the money he had – and more – but he also spent large chunks of Elvis’ money behind his back.
Speaking of the fascinating character, Luhrmann revealed Hanks “really ran towards” playing the infamous manager. He said:…
