Three generations of Elvis Presley's family come together to watch the crooner's biopic in his hometown Memphis
Speaking about the film, directed by Baz Luhrmann, Riley said: 'It was a very emotional experience. It's very intense to watch when it's your family.
United: The Blue Suede Shoes singer's ex-wife Priscilla, 77, their singer daughter Lisa-Marie, 54, and Priscilla's granddaughter Riley, 33, all decked out in black fineryFamily affair: Also rocking up to watch the biopic, which will hit UK cinemas later this month, were Lisa's twin girls Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood and Finley Aaron Love Lockwood, 13
'I started with absorbing everything. I watched every bit of footage that's out there, I watched every interview of his during his entire career and read every book that was written on his life. 'It became this two-year obsession where I put the rest of my life on pause. I went through every bit of his being like that. From his spiritual evolution and the way that he moved and how that changed over the years.
'I spoke to Rami Malek beforehand, and he told me,"I believe those days will probably be the most fun days you have,"and it turned out to be exactly that. 'You do a year and a half of dedicating every day to this and suddenly here's the moment of truth, where I walk out there in front of everybody and it felt like my career was on the line, this job… it felt like everything was on the line in this moment.
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