And we haven't started at the time yet.
OK, so that's a free [INAUDIBLE]..
- Wow, wow. - OK?
- That's a great one. - Take it away.
ANNOUNCER: Mr. Elvis Presley!
[FEEDBACK]
Obviously, the legacy of Elvis is pretty well known.
The legend of Elvis is well known.
Were there any that you wished you could have included
or dug into in his life?
Oh, there's-- there's so many moments--
little things that you read in the book of him
when he's just getting super famous.
Driving cross-country, and they drove by this porch
where there's a dog sitting out there.
And Elvis said, you see that dog?
And hes-- he just gets to lay on that porch, and he goes out,
and he runs around, and he does whatever he wants,
and he comes back, and he just lays back down on that porch.
And the simplicity of that moment of him going,
I sort of miss being able to just sit on the porch,
and just go play, and not have anybody looking at me,
and judging me.
And little moments like that just make you go, oh.
But in the end, you got to listen to yourself.
[CHEERING]
ALEX LOGAN: You were interested in Colonel Tom.
You imbue this man with so much pathos and-- and understanding.
It's what I found out.
What was most important to convey about him?
Well, I didn't know what he looked like.
I didn't know what he sounded like when Baz first came in.
So to see this kind of like fat, balding, you know,
guy wearing very carnival-like clothes and cuckoo hats,
that was one thing.
Was he this Machiavellian manager in the standard,
you know, manager-artist representation
that has been seen in movies about 8 million times?
It wasn't until I talked to Priscilla
herself and Jerry Schilling.
And they literally took out at the knees
every preconceived notion I had of the colonel.
They said he was a lovely man who, to Mr. Presley,
never said no.
I wish to promote you, Mr. Presley.
TOM HANKS: He said, of course we can do that.
Of course I can make that happen for you.
Then, of course, as soon as Elvis left the room,
he would turn to everybody else, and says,
now, that's not going to happen, but--
you know?
How do we make him feel like maybe he's getting there and--
Well, and-- and that's-- that's there.
And I will tell you, much to my delight, working with Baz,
we sat down, and there were some scenes that we literally turned
one hundred eighty degrees.
From scenes about, no no, no, to scenes about, yes, yes, yes.
COLONEL TOM: He was my destiny.
Not as many people know Priscilla.
Uh-huh.
And what did you feel that was most
important to convey about her?
Her softness, her strength and softness,
the way that she navigated a very impossible
situation with poise.
They were just two kids in love.
And I think to play that is a lot of a-- it's a-- it's
a lighter weight to, sort of, bear instead of playing
Elvis and Priscilla, you know?
And for us, and we spoke a lot about that, me and Austin,
and Baz too.
It's, you know, Bonnie and Clyde.
It was them against the world.
It was just a boy that loved a girl, a girl that loved a boy.
I've never met anyone like you.
I hope not.
So this is going to be many people's introduction
to Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
What did you feel was most important to convey about her?
That she invented rock and roll.
- Yeah. - You know, it was a pretty--
a quite large omission.
[MUSIC - DOJA CAT, VEGAS]
(SINGING) You ain't nothin' but a--
DOJA CAT: (SINGING) Dog, player, I get it.
I feel like Little Richard is so original in everything
that he does.
And he had no choice but to be.
We're representing two queer artists,
you know, who at the time, my character was out and out
as hell, like just out and out, just like in the streets,
ah, just so gay.
She was outside.
She was all the way outside.
But Little Richard struggled with his identity.
[MUSIC - LITTLE RICHARD, TUTTI FRUTTI]
[SCATTING]
This might be an introduction for many people to B.B. King.
What did you want to convey most about him?
I think the thing about B.B. King is B.B.
King knows he's B.B. King.
And I think Elvis knows he's B.B. King.
And so it's more so about how Elvis--
Elvis will do the work.
It's like with a king-- any type of king, actually.
You know, it's more so about how the-- the people under him
look at him and speak of the king.
The king just sits back-- - Yeah.
--and chills and takes it all in.
And then we will perceive the king as he's
supposed to be perceived.
So, yeah, you just-- you chill.
[CHEERING]
I'm going to show you what the real Elvis is like tonight.
[ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC]