124 | Elvis Screenwriter Jeremy Doner on Writing Biopics (and Avoiding Common Pitfalls)
The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna
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Did You Work at All With Elvis?
"I wrote it and did my part of the writing with a lot of affection for Elvis. I mean, to me, he's a sympathetic and tragic figure who doesn't get the credit," she said. "He was starting to slide into as Bazz has said to like a Halloween costume and sort of a caricature." She added: "To resurrect him from that and to show what a beautiful soul he was is inspiring"
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