Her attention to detail and appreciation for fit and cut and style was incredible.
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Oh my god, I walked away from that job with a whole new respect for fashion, just full stop. What was it like working with four-time Oscar-winning costume and production designer Catherine Martin? I made it a little bit more heightened or a bit more playful or in those last scenes, I got a bit more aggressive with it as well. There’s this sort of dynamic to her which I feel oftentimes is overlooked, and it gave me leniency when it came to certain scenes to sort of bring the energy up. She was so sick of it that she went out and was ready to throw hands with this woman. I loved watching “ The Naked Gun.” Another of my favorite things to look at was her book, Elvis and Me, in which she talks about how there was some crazy fan waiting outside in front of her house. The hair and the makeup and the clothing was all taken care of, so once you’ve focused on the accent, then it’s just about finding nuance.īefore I was aware of Priscilla Presley’s connection with Elvis, I knew her as a brilliant deadpan comedian in the “Naked Gun” films. For me, it was important to strip away the visual element and show how Priscilla and Elvis were, at the end of the day, a girl and a boy who fell in love. The thing that I really worried about was Priscilla coming off as two-dimensional in some regard because her aesthetic was so much of what she has been an icon for, which is so special and interesting to investigate in itself. Thank you! I think that is true oftentimes with women. What is the added responsibility as an actor of portraying real people?
He’s really very special and the films he makes are equally just that.īoth Caitlin Atwater in “The Staircase” and Priscilla Presley in “Elvis” are in danger of being pushed to the background of the narratives they inhabit, and you succeed in making them multi-dimensional and wholly compelling on their own terms. I actually studied his “ Romeo + Juliet” in ninth grade in media class, so being in “Elvis” is a strange full circle moment. When we were in Australia, they actually referred to him as “Australia’s son.” I think we all respect and cherish his work. Growing up in Australia, what do you feel distinguishes the work of Baz Luhrmann, and what is his importance to you and your fellow actors? The musical performances recall the exhilaration of Luhrmann’s 2001 masterpiece, “ Moulin Rouge!”, as the director illustrates how Elvis awakened the sexuality in his screaming fans, with the camera thrusting toward his swiveling hips just as it flew up the dresses of the can-can dancers.Īmidst the film’s eventful press days in Memphis, DeJonge took time to speak via Zoom with about what she learned from researching Priscilla, the definitive qualities of Luhrmann’s work and her experience of falling head over heels for the film itself. Austin Butler delivers Oscar-caliber work in the title role, and DeJonge is every bit his equal in their scenes together, charting their relationship from the bloom of infatuation to the years following their divorce, in which they remained fiercely devoted to one another. Now DeJonge is tackling the role of a true icon, Priscilla Presley, in Baz Luhrmann’s long-awaited biopic, “ Elvis,” which earned a staggering twelve-minute ovation at Cannes last month.
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