Priscilla Beaulieu's stepfather was an Air Force officer, and the family moved around a lot. In 1959 they had relocated to Wiesbaden, West Germany, where she met a young GI named Elvis Presley at a party. Beaulieu was 14-years-old at the time. Like his former Sun Records stablemate Jerry Lee Lewis, Presley and Beaulieu had a potentially scandalous and illegal relationship on their hands.
At age 16, Beaulieu moved into Graceland and finished high school in Memphis, and five years later in 1967 she and Presley were married. The marriage lasted just a few years, torn apart by mutual infidelities (though his far outnumbered hers). After the death of Presley and his father Vernon, however, Priscilla took control of the King's estate and founded Elvis Presley Enterprises, which has ensured that Elvis remains one of the highest-earning celebrities, alive or dead, in the world.
To prepare to play Priscilla, Australian actress Olivia DeJonge would listen to her voice narrating a tour of Graceland every night as she fell asleep (although she also could have watched the "Naked Gun" movies to get a sense of her excellent comedic timing). Best known for her roles in the Netflix dystopian teen drama series "The Society" and M. Night Shyamalan's found footage horror flick "The Visit," DeJonge nailed the cherubic look of young Priscilla, in the first blush of romance. She saw her role in the film as bringing out the more tender, playful side of the Elvis story, even if Priscilla's real life story was frequently anything but.
