Kevin Nash Says Diesel’s Look Was Based On 1968 Elvis

Kevin Nash talked about Elvis Presley at length on the latest episode of Kliq This, sharing his thoughts on the singer’s later years, a recent Elvis concert documentary, and the role the 1968 comeback-era Elvis played in the creation of his Diesel character. You can check out his comments below:

On What Elvis Wanted From His Career:

“I think Elvis was so sick of his life and what the Colonel did to him, and the show after show. All Elvis wanted to do, man, was tour Europe. He just wanted to be like everybody else. He didn’t want to be a monkey on a stage in Vegas. He wanted to tour and be a musician, and he didn’t get to do that.”

On Whether Elvis Could Have Reinvented Himself:

“Well, you would hope that he could have pulled a Sinatra and got away from it, because his voice was, you know, it’s amazing.”

On the Recent Elvis Concert Documentary:

“Did you see that? It just came out maybe four months ago. They found all this footage, and it was like falling to dust, and somehow they reproduced it and did a doc, and it’s basically when he went back to the International and that run. It’s everything. What they had to do to restore the film is just amazing. If you’re an Elvis fan and you haven’t seen this, man.”

On Basing Diesel’s Look on 1968 Elvis:

“That ’68 Elvis was so bad. They told me Diesel can pick a costume — like, what do you want to look like? I said, ’68 Elvis.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit Kliq This with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.