Priscilla Presley tells PEOPLE Elvis' manager Colonel Tom Parker "talked him out of" taking the role Elvis Presley almost starred in 1976's A Star Is Born. Barbra Streisand initially had the King of Rock 'n' Roll in mind to play her onscreen love interest in the film,

Though Elvis Presley gained international fame as a musician, actor and cultural icon over the course of his career, Priscilla Presley said there was one major decision that her late ex-husband regretted.

Elvis’s frustration with his movie career wasn’t new. Locked into long-term contracts by Parker after returning from the Army in 1960, he often felt