: Director Baz Lurhmann says four-hour cut of Elvis biopic exists #IndiaNEWS #Cinema Los Angeles, June 21 | Director Baz Luhrmann has said that a longer version of his newest biopic Elvis exists. According

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Director Baz Lurhmann says four-hour cut of Elvis biopic exists #IndiaNEWS #Cinema
Los Angeles, June 21 | Director Baz Luhrmann has said that a longer version of his newest biopic Elvis exists.
According to Deadline, when talking about the film, Luhrmann told the Radio Times, I mean, I have a four-hour version, actually.
In the interview, he mentioned there were extra scenes he wanted to add but with the time constraints, the director had to settle for a 2:39 version.
I would have liked to lean into some of the other things more, Luhrmann went on.
Theres so much more. I mean, theres lots of stuff that I shot, like the relationship with the band, I had to pare [that] down and its so interesting how the Colonel (Elvis manager Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks) gets rid of them.
In the longer version there is more exploration into the singers relationship with his first girlfriend Dixie, and into the song Jailhouse Rock.
Luhrmann wanted to add other parts of Elvis Presleys life to the film.
What happens is he starts doing wackadoo things like going down to see Nixon, the Moulin Rouge director explained.
I had it in there for a while, but there just comes a point where you cant have everything in, so I just tried to track the spirit of the character.
According to Deadline, he also goes on to explain why he didnt cast Harry Styles in the role of Elvis. Harry is a really talented actor, he said on the Fitzy Wippa podcast.
I would work on something with him . . . but the real issue with Harry is, hes Harry Styles. Hes already an icon.
Source: IANS

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