Elvis Presley’s natural eye color was blue, but he wore brown contact lenses for the movie Flaming Star.
Explanation
In the musical western Flaming Star, Elvis played the son of a Kiowa Indian.
Optometrist Morton Greenspoon used special effects lenses to change Elvis’s eye color from blue to brown.
However, the contacts made Elvis’s eyes tear up, especially under hot camera lights.
A makeup person had to wipe away the tears between takes.
The director eventually decided to let Elvis keep his natural blue eyes.
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen believe that blue eyes developed when a genetic mutation occurred in a single person in Europe between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago.