 The film was in development since 2014. Baz Lerman was chosen to direct after some negotiations. However, nothing further developed until 2019 when Tom Hanks was cast as Colonel Tom Parker. In an interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Tom Hanks revealed that it took five hours to apply the makeup for his transformation into Colonel Tom Parker. The film makes out that Elvis' film career was over by the time he decided to do the Elvis comeback special. This is not true as he had three films released that year and another three released in 1969. However, after 1969 he never acted in another film. Elvis' mother, Gladys Pressley, was actually four years older than his father, Vernon Pressley. They were married in 1933 when Gladys was 21 and Vernon was about 17. As he was under the minimum age of 18 at the time, he simply lied about his age on the marriage license.