“At a certain stage, I had no say so in it,” the icon said of his film career. “I didn’t have final approval of the script, which means I couldn’t say, ‘This is not good for me,’ and so I became very discouraged.”

Netflix this week debuted a new documentary film, "Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley." Publicity material from the streaming service promoted the 91-minute movie with this come-on: "Discover the story behind Elvis Presley's triumphant ...