Elvis wanted to do the movie "A. Star is Born"… He wanted to be taken seriously as an actor and he wanted to get into acting to break up the monotony of touring the same places…He met with Barbara and Jon and discussed what making the movie would entail…Elvis and Barbara both decided that they both needed to drop 20 pounds before filming started… They agreed to spend 30 days in a " fat farm" as they called it under supervision to lose the weight… Then 30 days promoting the movie, and then 90 days of shooting the film…altogether Elvis and Barbara would spend about 6 months to complete the movie… Elvis's guys were excited The guys said they hardly slept after Elvis gave them the good news… The next morning Red West came in Graceland and Elvis was looking dejected and sad and Red asked if he was alright and Elvis said he was okay…Red asked what the colonel thought about doing the film…Elvis said the colonel said that they don't need to do the movie at this time… The truth was that Elvis had second thoughts about doing the movie because he would have to lay off the pills and no guns allowed at the fat farm…Elvis asked the colonel to kill the deal so the colonel did…He asked for more money and top billing and that killed the deal… Everyone thought the colonel was to blame but Elvis wanted out of the movie deal so the colonel got him out… That's what really happened…
Elvis wanted to do the movie "A. Star is Born"… He wanted to be taken seriously as an actor and he wanted to get into acting to break up the monotony of touring the same places…He met with Barbara and Jon and discussed what making the movie would entail…Elvis and Barbara both decided that they both needed to drop 20 pounds before filming started… They agreed to spend 30 days in a " fat farm" as they called it under supervision to lose the weight… Then 30 days promoting the movie, and then 90 days of shooting the film…altogether Elvis and Barbara would spend about 6 months to complete the movie… Elvis's guys were excited The guys said they hardly slept after Elvis gave them the good news… The next morning Red West came in Graceland and Elvis was looking dejected and sad and Red asked if he was alright and Elvis said he was okay…Red asked what the colonel thought about doing the film…Elvis said the colonel said that they don't need to do the movie at this time… The truth was that Elvis had second thoughts about doing the movie because he would have to lay off the pills and no guns allowed at the fat farm…Elvis asked the colonel to kill the deal so the colonel did…He asked for more money and top billing and that killed the deal… Everyone thought the colonel was to blame but Elvis wanted out of the movie deal so the colonel got him out… That's what really happened…
Elvis was never "To fat to sit in a chair". he was over weight yes, but no more over weight than Peters as he sits there.