G-Eazy is reportedly in talks to play the role of Elvis Presley in an upcoming biopic by director Baz Luhrmann.
The Bay Area native seems to be actively pushing for the opportunity, as TMZ reports he’s been in meetings with Warner Brothers, and had a special meeting with Luhrmann himself in New York last month.
As he competes for his first big break as an actor, G-Eazy has hit Instagram with some Elvis-inspired outfits and lyrics in recent weeks.
Luhrmann has considered Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Harry Styles and Austin Butler for the role, while Tom Hanks is confirmed to portray Elvis’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
For those unfamiliar with the name, Luhrmann is the man behind the film remake of Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996), Moulin Rouge! (2001) and The Great Gatsby (2013), as well as dozens of other films and television shows.
A scheduled production date has not yet been announced for Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic.
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I think Steve Harvey should play Elvis. Why the hell not? Blacks take white roles now and the pc studios think its brilliant.
Whites always rewritten black history and they think it’s brilliant. The bible was the first controlling system, then guns and now laws. So why the hell not?
That’d probably be the best thing to come out of his career tho I’d rather wait for Chuck Berry’s biopic cause listening to rock now considered a white thing no thanks to Elvis :/
One culture vulture playing another….. gtfoh
Elvis was a f*ckin’ racist. This f*ckboy needs to be banned form thuis site.
‘culture vulture’… Can listen to it, buy it, buy concert tickets, buy merch, but can’t make it. ‘culture vulture’. GTFOH, you racist POS.
Really Elvis was a racist that shows how much you know about music in the 1950’s. How many blacks were on TV in the 50’s singing R&B, or Rock & Roll before ELVIS how many blacks came after ELVIS !! THE FACT IS ELVIS BROKE DOWN BARRIERS FOR BLACKS & WHITES. ELVIS COULD SING ANY TYPE OF MUSIC. R&B, COUNTRY, ROCK, POP, BALLADS,YOU NAME IT ELVIS COULD SING IT !! HE HAD THE MOVES, THE LOOKS, THE VOICE, HE WAS THE MAN !! IN FACT EVERY SINGER, RAPPER, SHOULD GO DOWN TO GRACELAND AND KISS HIS GRAVESTONE. IN FACT WITHOUT ELVIS MUSIC WOULD STILL BE SEGREGATED !!! AND ONLY YOU LEFT WING IDIOTS WOULD THINK HE STOLE MUSIC OR OWES REPARATIONS OR WAS A RACIST ( GO FUCK OFF YOU MORONS )
Maybe you can go to his grave with your family and jerk on it. That wouldn’t be racist you fucking dog shit.
A culture vulture wants to play a culture vulture. Cool…
Always knew this guy had a thing for fucking little teenage girls
If anyone needs to get the role of Elvis it is Adam Lambert. G eazy???? Are you kid me????