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,

Priscilla, who married Elvis in 1967 and remained close with him after their divorce in 1973 until his unexpected death at 42 in 1977, identified the 1976 remake of A Star Is Born as a project that the King of Rock and Roll viewed as a missed opportunity. The movie ultimately starred Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson.

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 stifled by the roles he was given. Jerry Schilling,