Baz, Elvis and Australian film's recovery

When coronavirus first breached our borders, one of the first people to be diagnosed with the virus was not an Australian but Hollywood star Tom Hanks. 

Hanks was in Australia to film Baz Luhrmann’s biopic about Elvis Presley and his positive diagnosis shuttered the film set for weeks before the nationwide shutdown stopped filming entirely. 

But today, the first trailer for the film dropped after Luhrman and his team powered through various lockdowns and restrictions to get the film completed.

Today on Please Explain, senior writer Garry Maddox joins Nathanael Cooper to talk about the struggles to get Elvis made, and the struggles of the industry more widely.

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When coronavirus first breached our borders, one of the first people to be diagnosed with the virus was not an Australian but Hollywood star Tom Hanks. 

Hanks was in Australia to film Baz Luhrmann’s biopic about Elvis Presley and his positive diagnosis shuttered the film set for weeks before the nationwide shutdown stopped filming entirely. 

But today, the first trailer for the film dropped after Luhrman and his team powered through various lockdowns and restrictions to get the film completed.

Today on Please Explain, senior writer Garry Maddox joins Nathanael Cooper to talk about the struggles to get Elvis made, and the struggles of the industry more widely.

Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.