Elvis, biopic carried by the revelation Austin Butler, in the title role, and Tom Hanks, was presented Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival. The climb of the steps of the feature film by Australian Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet, Australia) has attracted many stars… and even princesses! In addition to Shakira, Sharon Stone, Emmanuelle Béart or Bilal Hassani, the lucky spectators present indeed had the joy of seeing the princesses Maria-Chiara and Maria-Carolina de Bourbon des Deux-Siciles (also called Chiara and Carolina) on the carpet red. And the two blondes gave everything to shine in front of the photographers.
The two princesses, who had made the buzz on France 2 in 2018, are now lovely young women who are likely to make a lot of noise in the future. Maria-Chiara and Maria-Carolina are the daughters of Charles Marie Bernard Gennaro de Bourbon des Deux-Siciles, a prince of the house of Bourbon des Deux-Siciles, son of Ferdinand de Bourbon-Siciles, an Italian branch of the house of Bourbon who had reigned over Naples, Sicily and the Two Sicilies from 1734 and 1861, and their mother Camilla née Crociani became Duchess of Castro on the death of her father-in-law Ferdinand de Bourbon-des-Deux-Siciles. Involved in humanitarian associations such as the Red Cross and Unicef, in 2017 she won the United Nations Women’s Peace Prize for her commitment to underprivileged children.
It is the American Austin Butler, 30, who brilliantly takes up the challenge of embodying the King for two decades in Elvis. With a sacred performance, it is his voice that we hear in the sequences where Presley sings. The beautiful blond has made a lot of talk about him on the heart side. Ex of Vanessa Hudgens and Lily-Rose Depp, he is now in a relationship with the sweet Kaia Gerber, daughter of model Cindy Crawford, who was present at the screening to support her darling.
The Californian, also a model, appeared in Disney series or even at the cinema in Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino, is stunning in the reproduction of concerts in 1970 in a Las Vegas palace. The project took three years of his life. Because after being selected for the casting, he worked for a year, before filming, to set his voice with vocal coaches and experts.
Priscilla Presley, the singer’s widow Heartbreak Hotel, spoke only well of the biopic on his social networks. And the granddaughter of the “King”, Riley Keough who has just presented at Cannes war ponyher first steps in directing, admitted to AFP that she cried “five minutes after the start of the film“. After that, “I haven’t stopped, so I have to see it again“. Elvis will be released in theaters on June 22.