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Here is a statement from Coppola on Kristen's suggestion:
“Kirsten is like a sister to me, and when she recommended Cailee, I paid attention,”
Here is a statement from Spaeny on her experience:
“Sofia pulled out her iPad and showed me some photos of Priscilla. She said, ‘I think you could do it!’ I felt like Kirsten had passed the torch to me.... I’ve had an obsession with Sofia since ‘The Virgin Suicides.’ That movie rocked me in a way that I had never felt before.”
So far Spaeny has won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. Coppola said she was hesitant to helm the Presley memoir adaptation because it seemed “too similar” to the “Marie Antoinette” story at first.
Source: Yahoo