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Elvis?

posted 10 years ago by Princess Daisy
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Is this guy supposed to be like Elvis? He looks like him, dances and moves like him. Elvis had a twin brother.

[–] qtpi1969 10 years ago

Apparently yes.
This guy would be great as Elvis if the EP estate allowed someone to make a REAL biopic.
He is HOT!

[–] compo_simmonite 10 years ago

It was clearly inspired by Elvis. Elvis had a twin who was stillborn. It's an interesting premise to think about: what if Elvis's brother Jesse had lived? Would he have had musical talent too?

As far as a theatrical Elvis biopic, I recall reading something a little while back that Mick Jagger's production company is working on getting a project like that off the ground. Jagger and his company was responsible for getting the James Brown movie up and going too.

[–] NewBeginnings16 10 years ago

I don't remember what show it was but one did a "what if" scenario story - "Elvis" died at birth and twin "Jesse" survived BUT their parents thought "Jesse" had died and raised the real Jessie as Elvis.

I think it was in the early 1990s.

Fornell: Well tie me up and call me Loretta.

[–] BrainGirl78 10 years ago

It was an Outer Limits or one of the 1980-1990 Twilight Zone episodes.

[–] bohoki 10 years ago

i too was a bit confused when his agent said he was no bealtes or elvis

cause how could someone who looks and sounds so much like elvis coexist in the same universe without being called an elvis impersonator and thus making the identical an impersonator impersonator

also elvis didnt die in a plane crash i was so hoping for a scene of hemsley doing a push and having a heart attack

[–] trekkie313 10 years ago

Elvis died in his bathroom clutching some pills, and it wouldn't make sense to reference how he actually died since the producers changed the whole character around when they couldn't get the rights to make an Elvis film.

"Listen, do you smell something? -Ray Stantz"

[–] movienchill31 (223) 2 years ago

Basically this movie was an “what if” scenario. It wasn’t necessarily about Elvis because Elvis already existed.