Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley and daughter of Lisa Marie Presley, lately made her directorial debut in on the 2022 Cannes Movie Competition. On the occasion, the place she attended the screening of her movie Battle Pony, Riley sported a classy white Dior costume with a refined animal printed sample.
Together with the stylish outfit, Riley additionally rocked flowing auburn hair and lengthy bangs, with a face that strikingly resembles her mom’s and grandmother’s. Nevertheless, Riley shared that Lisa Marie and Priscilla had been unable to attend the 2022 Cannes Movie Competition for undisclosed causes.
The movie Battle Pony is about “23-year-old Invoice, a Oglala-Lakota native navigating rising up on a reservation, all whereas all the time looking for his subsequent hustle.” After the screening, applause reportedly lasted for a whopping 6 minutes.
“We’re actually simply grateful to be right here,” Riley informed People. “This was a collaboration between all of us, and that is all of our movie. I’m very overwhelmed. I haven’t actually taken all of it in but. It’s been fantastic … we’re simply excited,” she added.
The screening additionally premiered the brand new movie Elvis, an upcoming biopic in regards to the “Burning Love” singer starring Austin Butler. Austin and Priscilla made a shock look collectively on the 2022 Met Gala, the place the 2 flaunted solely black apparel.
The Cannes premiere of Riley’s movie isn’t her first endeavor within the leisure business. A longtime actress, the 32-year-old has appeared in outstanding movies resembling The Runaways, Magic Mike, and Mad Max: Fury Highway. Taking after her household’s magnificence traits, she additionally labored as a mannequin, showing in excessive profile magazines resembling Vogue, Elle, and Marie Claire. She additionally married Australian stuntman Ben Smith Peterson on the younger age of 25.
Regardless of the success in her skilled and private life, Riley has additionally gone by immense tragedy as effectively. Her youthful brother, Benjamin Keough, sadly died by suicide on the age of 27 in 2020. Riley then took to her official Instagram account to precise her grief in a coronary heart wrenching publish, describing her late brother as “too delicate for this harsh world.”