Elvis Presley: The story of dreams lost between Hollywood and music

A1 Digital India News: Known as the "King of Rock and Roll," Elvis Presley not only made his mark in the music world but also in Hollywood. But missing out on the chance to work with Barbra Streisand in the 1976 film "A Star Is Born" is one aspect of his life he can't forget.

Elvis Presley was asked to work with Barbra Streisand in the 1976 film A Star Is Born. According to Elvis' ex-wife Priscilla Presley, Elvis' manager Colonel Tom Parker convinced him to turn down the role.

The role eventually went to Kris Kristofferson and the film later won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The 2018 remake of the film also won an Academy Award and starred Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.

'Hollywood has the wrong image of me,' Elvis Presley says in emotional clip from new doc Netflix documentary explores Elvis Presley's life with Priscilla with new footage of the singer "Barbara offered him the role," Priscilla told People, "and the Colonel turned her down, saying, 'Oh, that wouldn't be good.'" She added, "Unfortunately Elvis thought he could play the role." The Heartbreak Hotel singer has a famously contentious relationship with his manager, as seen in Baz Luhrmann's 2022 biopic Elvis, in which the singer is played by Austin Butler and Tom is played by Tom Hanks.

Elvis appeared in many films during his career, from his first film Love Me Tender in 1956 to his last film Change of Habit in 1969. But his love affair with Hollywood isn't what it seems. A new documentary, Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley, features an old clip of the singer. Elvis said, "Hollywood's image of me is wrong and I know it and I can't do anything about it."

Elvis said he felt "forced" to play the role a certain way that he "didn't fully believe in." He added, "They couldn't pay any money in the world to make me feel satisfied." One of the producers of a new documentary shares with PEOPLE why Elvis is so popular. "I've always been attracted to stories that humanize iconic figures and Elvis is probably the most iconic of them all," said Jason Hehir.

"It was a cultural hotbed in the 1950s, but by the mid-'60s it had become culturally irrelevant," Jason added. "As a fan I've always wondered why he didn't do more to pursue his musical ambitions, and as a filmmaker I've always wondered what it was like to watch Elvis fade into obscurity. Elvis is a human being. That's how It was hard."