Major Report: Priscilla Presley Reveals Elvis’ Major Career Regret…see more

Priscilla, who married Elvis in 1967 and remained close with him after their divorce in 1973 until his unexpected death at 42 in 1977, identified the 1976 remake.

Priscilla, 79, recalled Parker predicting the film was “not going to be good” and that Streisand would be the actor who was “in charge” of the movie, rather than Streisand’s co-lead.

“Elvis regretted that because he felt he could have played that part,” Priscilla told the magazine. But Elvis’ manager, Colonel Tom Parker, “talked him out of” accepting the role that instead went to Kristofferson.

Priscilla, 79, recalled Parker predicting the film was “not going to be good” and that Streisand would be the actor who was “in charge” of the movie, rather than Streisand’s co-lead.

“Elvis regretted that because he felt he could have played that part,” Priscilla told the magazine. Elvis “wanted to be in great movies not the stupid movies that he did,” Priscilla told People, citing his starring role in the 1962 musical comedy Girls! Girls! Girls! as an example. That kind of role “wasn’t Elvis,” she added.

The major movie Elvis missed out on arrived in theaters as the second adaptation of the 1937 film of the same name, which starred Janet Gaynor and Fredric March and racked up several nominations at the 1938 Academy Awards.