Elsa Cárdenas, the Mexican who had an affair with Elvis Presley: “She was a very pretty girl”

59 years ago Elvis Presley starred in the film Fun in Acapulco, just when there was a fervor for the paradisiacal Mexican tourist destination at an international level. This film was starred by “the king of rock” and the Mexican actress Elsa Cárdenas, who has confessed on a couple of occasions to have had an affair with the American during the filming of this film.

Today’s 89-year-old actress participated in the film that, curiously enough, was not recorded on the beaches of Guerrero, but in a Hollywood studio, 555. It is believed that Elvis did not set foot on Aztec land due to a rumor that spread in 1957, when said that the Always on My Mind singer had stated that he would rather “kiss three black women than one Mexican.” This phrase, falsely attributed to Elvis – and denied on multiple occasions – then caused him discontent in the country and the temporary veto of his music and movies.

About her meeting with the remembered musician, Elsa declared in a documentary that the NBC network made about this film directed by Richard Thorpe in 1963: “The first thing she told me was that she was a very pretty girl and I loved it. You too, I told him, “confessed the actress.

Elsa explained that at the time of the affair, the singer had not yet married Priscilla Beaulieu, considered Elvis’s great love:

“We all knew it and there was no problem because there was nothing, he still hadn’t married or anything (…) You know, you’re young and cool, and they choose you for a movie with one of the biggest stars of youth in those times, with the maximum, imagine, ”explained the actress.

The famous, who managed to be part of the era of Mexican gold cinema, as well as classic Hollywood, had a secret affair with the rock and roll superstar, who was enthralled by the beauty of the actress and even tried to speak in Spanish perhaps to get closer to her.

“He was famous all over the world and in Latin America he had many fans. So they decided to throw this little piece of gossip so that it wouldn’t have so many and in Latin America they wouldn’t want it the way everyone wanted it, but we made this movie, Fun in Acapulco, and he told me that never in his life, that on the contrary and I really believe that it was true”

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