#3 : Fun facts you may not have known about the King : " Elvis Presley "

#3. According to Priscilla Presley, Elvis "loathed" the plots of the movie musicals he made after he came back from the army, longing instead to make films like those of James Dean or Marlon Brando. "But whenever he complained to the Colonel, Colonel reminded him that they were making millions … and that his fans wanted to see him only in musicals," wrote Priscilla in "Elvis and Me." Elvis' controlling manager also made him turn down roles in "Thunder Road," "West Side Story" and "Midnight Cowboy." (According to Presley's official website, the role of Danny Fisher in "King Creole" was his personal favorite.)