1 week Ago By Brendan McFadden
Elvis Presley admits in a new Netflix documentary that "no amount of money" would help him to enjoy making Hollywood movies. Return of the King: The Fall & Rise of Elvis Presley examines how an 1968 concert that aired on NBC entitled 'Elvis' helped revive his flagging career, before his death in 1977 . In a clip from the documentary, Elvis is heard discussing his acting career and saying “ Hollywood’s image" of him was "wrong" but he knew that he "couldn’t do anything about it".
He said: “I didn’t know what to do. I just felt I was obligated to things I didn’t fully believe in. “At a certain stage, I had no say so in it.
I didn’t have final approval of the script, which means I couldn’t say, ‘This is not good for me,’ and so I became very discouraged.” “They couldn’t have paid me no amount of money in the world to make me feel I had any satisfaction inside." The star's ex-wife Priscilla Presley is also seen viewing footage of Elvis in the 1967 musical 'Double Trouble' singing children’s song Old MacDonald'.
Priscilla, who was married to Elvis between 1967 and 1973, said making The King sing the song was "a crime,” adding: “It is a crime. To put him in that situation and sing that song. It made him a laughingstock.
And he knew it.” Elvis died of a heart attack in Las Vegas in August 16, 1977. In the final decade of Elvis' life his health and weight spiralled out of control.
Tipping the scales at an incredible 350 pounds, years of substance abuse wreaked havoc on his body. As he became a recluse in his bedroom, indulging in cheeseburgers and under constant nursing care, his well-being severely declined. It was reported Elvis refused to have any baths in 1975, and this caused painful sores to riddle his body.
He also suffered from extreme constipation; a post-mortem examination revealed a bowel blockage spanning four months. The prodigious intake of prescription medications further marred Presley's last days, with almost 9,000 various pills, vials, and injections accumulating in the months before his untimely demise. The daughter he shared with Priscillia, Lisa Marie Presley, passed away in 2023 as a result complications from a small bowel obstruction.
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