Elvis Presley wasn't a complete stranger to the genre of Western movies. "Love Me Tender," per IMDb, is a Western set during the closing stages of the American Civil War. Elvis features as Clint Reno, the brother of a Confederate soldier who becomes embroiled in a train robbery. The movie was released in 1956, rather early in Presley's rise to superstardom, but it seems that it attracted some very high-profile attention.

"Love Me Tender" was, per the Express, the "Jailhouse Rock" hitmaker's first movie role. John Wayne was watching, it seems, and similar roles, later on, would cement Elvis' place as an actor Wayne wanted to collaborate with, during the height of his own acclaimed career.

Outsider reports that Wayne had lined up a particularly juicy role for the hip-shaking musician: LeBoeuf the ranger in 1969's "True Grit." Reportedly, this dream collaboration was actually agreed upon by both stars, but Presley's overly-demonstrative manager would ultimately prevent him from playing the role.

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