Blonde bombshell actress Ann Margret co-starred with Presley in the film Viva Las Vegas (1964). Although Elvis was officially living with Priscilla at the time at Graceland, Elvis and Ann-Margret began a high-profile affair. We'd like Felicity Jones to dye her hair blonde and take on Ann M.


Photo by Angelo Pennetta, Interview, October 2010.

Priscilla Presley was just 14 years old when she met and began her relationship with Elvis. Three and a half years later, Priscilla moved into Elvis' home, although the two did not marry for another four years. We think that Victoria Justice has the right youthful charm to play Priscilla. Justice also has a lot of brown hair to mold into Priscilla's signature '60s bouffant styles.


Photo by Steven Pan, Interview, November 2011.

We nominate NYU grad Miles Teller to take on Elvis Presley age 20 onward. He already looks the part in this photo by Sebastian Kim shot for Interview—all he needs is a quiff, a guitar, and a lot of butter (for older Elvis).


Photo by Sebastian Kim, Interview, December 2010.

David E. Stanley, Elvis' stepbrother and mentee, co-wrote the memoir, Conversations with the King: Journals of a Young Apprentice, that Growing Up in Graceland is to be based on. We think the film might be most powerfully framed if it's set in the present day, with Stanley's character telling Elvis' story in retrospect—not least because Stanley bears more than a passing resemblance to Michael Douglas.

After two appearances in 1956 on the Milton Berle Show, the host of the nation's number-one variety show, Ed Sullivan, called Elvis and his hip-thrusting antics "unfit for family viewing." But after Elvis' appearance on the Steve Allen Show boosted Allen's ratings past Sullivan's—for the first time ever—Sullivan ate his words and booked Presley for a three-appearance gig for the then-astronomical sum of ,000. After the first, it was undeniable: Elvis was a star. We'd like to see Michael Shannon tackle the role of America's most influential TV host.

Though Presley has been criticized for appropriating elements of his music and performance from African-American artists, his actions were generally quite supportive of the black cause, even in midcentury Memphis. So in 1957, when rumors began to swirl that Elvis had said that "the only thing Negroes can do for me is buy my records and shine my shoes," Jet magazine reporter Louie Robinson, whom we see as a slightly-nerdy hipster à la Donald Glover, was determined to get at the truth. Even though he'd stopped doing mainstream interviews, Presley granted one to Robinson on the set of Jailhouse Rock, and assured Robinson that he'd never say anything like that. Testimonials from African-Americans who'd known Presley throughout his life concurred.