{"id":1719,"date":"2025-08-31T21:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T21:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2025-08-31T21:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T21:15:19","slug":"how-elvis-took-cues-from-marlon-brandos-famous-leather-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=1719","title":{"rendered":"How Elvis took cues from Marlon Brando\u2019s famous leather style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9-6.jpg 470w, https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9-6-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elvis Presley\u2019s life and career continue to captivate fans, even 47 years after his death at age 42. Now, a new Netflix documentary, <em>Return of the King: The Fall &amp; Rise of Elvis Presley<\/em>, gives a rare glimpse behind the scenes of his legendary 1968 comeback special and reveals the personal struggles that shaped him as an artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Comeback Story<\/strong><br>The 1968 NBC special marked Elvis\u2019s return to live performance after a seven-year break spent mostly making films. During that time, Presley grew increasingly frustrated with Hollywood\u2019s formulaic musicals, which left him feeling creatively boxed in. He feared his career was being mishandled and was determined to regain his place on stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Jason Hehir highlights the importance of this turning point: \u201c1968 was the biggest crossroads in Elvis\u2019s life. It made sense to explore his choices and the emotional journey behind them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the documentary, Presley openly discusses his career frustrations: \u201cHollywood\u2019s image of me was wrong, and I knew it, and I couldn\u2019t do anything about it\u2026 I just felt obligated to things I didn\u2019t fully believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Priscilla Presley adds her view, recalling a scene from the 1967 film <em>Double Trouble<\/em>, where Elvis sang <em>Old MacDonald Had a Farm<\/em>. \u201cThat to me is a crime,\u201d she says. \u201cIt made him a laughingstock\u2014and he knew it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elvis Presley\u2019s life and career continue to captivate fans, even 47 years after his death at age 42. Now, a new Netflix documentary, Return of the King: The Fall &amp; Rise of Elvis Presley, gives a rare glimpse behind the scenes of his legendary 1968 comeback special and reveals the personal struggles that shaped him&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=1719\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;How Elvis took cues from Marlon Brando\u2019s famous leather style&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1722,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions\/1722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}