• Rose McGowan as: Ann-Margret
• Directed by: James Steven Sadwith
• Selected Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Randy Quaid, Robert Patrick, Camryn Manheim
• Written by: James Steven Sadwith
• Release Year: 2005
• Genre: Drama / Biography
• MPAA Rating: n/a

A chronicle of the life of Elvis Presley (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), from his humble beginnings to his rise to international stardom.

Rose McGowan had played Paige Matthews on Charmed for three years straight before she slipped into another character. When she finally emerged in a new role, she portrayed actress/singer Ann-Margret in Elvis, a Golden Globe-winning CBS mini-series about the colorful life of Elvis Presley. Ann-Margret met Elvis Presley on the MGM soundstage when the two filmed Viva Las Vegas. They allegedly began a one-year affair that received considerable attention from the gossip columnists. Rose was often quoted about having 'Ann-Margret' hair in some of her earlier projects, which included Stealing Bess, some three years earlier. It was ironic that she would now get to play the screen icon later in her career. Visually, Rose McGowan was a dead ringer for the luscious screen siren. Ann-Margret is still alive to this day and even has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

To learn more about the real Ann-Margret visit Wikipedia and her official site located at www.ann-margret.com.

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• "Playing Ann Margret was amazing. I know that the guy who did my costumes did her costumes for years, and I know a lot of people who actually know her. So she certainly knew what we were doing and that I was playing her. They asked me if I wanted to talk with her on the phone and I said 'No, I'm too shy, I'm too shy.' Hopefully she didn't hate it."

• "Interestingly enough Billy Zane, who's guest starring now on Charmed, is going to meet Ann-Margret right after this, I think next week to do a movie with her. I told him to say 'Hi' for me, but she hates seeing herself on screen. She's never seen herself on screen, she's never watched any of her movies. So I don't know how she will react to someone playing her, I would find it strange, but maybe in a car wreck sort of way. Now I'm even more nervous."

• "Playing Ann Margaret, I think definitely has some pressure, it could just be pressure from myself but it is different playing somebody who is alive, I've never had that before and it's a little nerve wracking. But I can make myself feel better because Jonathan has to play Elvis, which is much more daunting."

• "I watched Viva Las Vegas a lot to prepare primarily just because that was the time frame that they were in together. And her looks to him, you can tell at different points watching the movie that they were clearly together by then. So it was just little things like that and just the voice, very kitten-ish."

• "The wardrobe today, during the Viva Las Vegas rehearsal scene that I'm doing, is basically tights and a sweater. And back then I guessed they rehearsed, dance wise, in just tights but really it just looks like your missing your skirt. So in today's version of it, you know, the vision is 'Hi, where's your skirt'. So I kind of felt a little goofy my first thing on the set and I'm meeting everybody with no skirt on. But once I got passed that the outfits are so cute and flirty but not, you know, over the top too sexy or anything like that, that's why I think it was such a great period for women."

• "Well, Elvis and I have a breakup scene. But mostly I just got to make out with him, which was fantastic because Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, who plays Elvis, is incredibly talented and incredibly hot. He has the best lips on the planet, bar none. I basically got paid to make out with this sexy guy and then do one big, dramatic crying scene, which is fine. I was probably crying because I couldn't kiss him anymore."

• "I'm excited about Elvis. I get to go to New Orleans, the end of February. It's with Jonathan Rhys-Meyers who's dreamy and a really good actor, Randy Quaid, who's great and Cameron Manheim, she's playing Gladys; she's a kind of genius. It's wonderful because I get to be Ann-Margret and I have red hair, blue eyes and a tan, so you really couldn't get farther away from Paige, which is excellent."

• Elvis Presley: You can move, baby.
Ann-Margret: You can sing, baby.

• Zap2it.com first reported on 15th December 2004 that Rose was close to signing on to the project and the news was confirmed a couple of days later by Variety.

• Rose filmed her part from late February to March 2005.

• She wears a red wig and blue contact lenses to perfect her Ann-Margret look.

• This is the first biopic to be produced with the approval of the Presley estate. In essence, this means it can use original recordings of his music in the production.