Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley is the titular protagonist of the 2022 film . He was based on the real-life mid-20th century .
He was portrayed by , who has been named to play Feyd-Rathua Harkonnen in Dune: Part II. 
==Biography==
The son of Vernon and Gladys Presley, he was the younger twin brother of Jesse Presley, who was stillborn. The Presley family was poor while Elvis was growing up, and matters were not helped when Vernon was sent to jail for several months for passing a bad check. While his father was in jail Elvis became enamored with Captain Marvel and wanted to fly to the Rock of Eternity. Living in a predominately African-American neighborhood, Elvis grew up with the music of blues and gospel singers. He would often hang out on Beale Street with such performers. With support from his parents, Elvis began performing and recording for Sun Records.
His music soon attracted the attention of Tom Parker, who went to see him perform at the in . Convinced that Elvis represented a lucrative money-making opportunity, Parker convinced Elvis to sign on with him, and later signed a contract with Elvis and his parents to be Elvis's manager.
Parker exercised near total control of what Elvis performed, where he performed, and even how Elvis moved on stage. He attempted to force Elvis to become a "New Elvis" that did not dance in a suggestive manner while performing, which Elvis hated. Talking to his friend B.B. King one evening, Elvis realized that he was far too popular for critics like Jim Eastland to control. At a charity concert Elvis rebelled against Parker and Eastland, and performed the way he wanted to - sparking a riot between his fans and police.
In order to keep Elvis out of jail, Parker arranged for Elvis to be drafted into the US Army for two years. Unable to bear the separation from her son, Gladys soon drank herself to death, which devastated Elvis.
During his time in Germany, Elvis met and fell in love with a young woman named . After returning from Germany he embarked on an acting career which met with mixed success. He married Priscilla and fathered a daughter named .
By the late 1960s Elvis no longer wanted to be an actor. Parker arranged for Elvis to appear in a TV special. Elvis rebelled again by refusing to sing Christmas songs or wear a Christmas sweater. He came back to television to sing again and agreed to sing a "Christmas song" to placate Parker and television executives. While Parker had initially been furious with Elvis, his anger subsided when Elvis's television appearances turned out to be a ratings boon for the television network.
Parker then convinced Elvis to return to live concerts from what was then called the in Las Vegas. Due to the excellent stage and the hotel paying his expenses, Elvis agreed to perform. He wanted to tour internationally and see places he hadn't been to before, but Parker refused to allow it.
By the mid 1970s Elvis's life was in shambles. The years of performing and being turned into a walking medicine cabinet by his physician Dr. Nick had taken a toll on him. Elvis gained a significant amount of weight in the last years of his life, and most of the time slurred his way through his songs. Elvis felt like he was being kept prisoner in the International and no longer felt joy with performing. His relationship with Parker had soured and Parker basically blackmailed Elvis into keeping him on as a manager. His marriage also fell apart and he had to endure long separations from his daughter.
At one of his final concerts before his death, he sang a new song called "Unchained Melody" which showed that Elvis was still unequaled as a performer. Soon afterwards Priscilla begged Elvis to take time off and seek real medical treatment at a San Diego facility before he flew back to Graceland. He seemed to agree to the request, but then died a couple weeks later at home from a heart attack at the age of 42. After his death a series of lawsuits proved how much Parker had been financially abusing Elvis over the years. Even after his death, Elvis remained one of the most popular performers in America.
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==Trivia==
* Butler's performance as Elvis was very well received by Priscilla, Lisa Marie, and Elvis's granddaughter - who felt that Butler really captured Elvis's heart and soul in his performance.
** Lisa Marie even stated on her Instagram that Butler should be a frontrunner for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
** Butler and his girlfriend traveled to Memphis and sat behind Lisa Marie's family at her funeral on January 23, 2023. 
* Butler put so much effort into his performance as Elvis that one day after he completed his work on the movie he was rushed to the hospital, and spent a week in the hospital. While Butler was diagnosed with a viral infection that simulated appendicitis, Butler believed that it was his "body shutting down" due to effort he put into playing Elvis.
* For most of the film aside from the hair Butler did not need to have his appearance drastically altered for Elvis. However towards the end of the film Butler needed to be made up to appear as an older, heavyset, unhealthy Elvis. Butler described being made up in such a way as very uncomfortable, and that it left him unable to take deep breaths. 
* While obviously taking place before his death, Elvis singing "Unchained Melody" was the final scene shown in the film, and moved from footage of Butler singing it to archival footage of the real Elvis singing it at a concert.
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