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Elvis Harte is a fictional character from the BBC military drama Our Girl, played by Luke Pasqualino. Elvis first appeared in the first episode of the second series, first broadcast on 7 September 2016. Elvis is introduced as a captain of the special forces, and the ex-fiancé of protagonist Georgie Lane (Michelle Keegan). Elvis's storylines in the series have included his friendship with 2-Section's commanding officer Captain James (Ben Aldridge), struggling with his lingering feelings for Georgie, and his eventual death in battle.

Storylines
Elvis, a member of the special forces leaves Georgie Lane (Michelle Keegan) on their wedding day. Two years later, his old friend Captain James (Ben Aldridge) requests help from the special forces to storm a Kenyan Al-Shabaab base after Georgie is abducted by a faction of the group. Elvis leads the operation, which Captain James can tell is personally motivated, as Elvis harbors feelings for her. The special forces rescue Georgie, who is not happy to see Elvis again and is now engaged to a man named Jamie (Royce Pierreson). They later bomb their holding ground. After the tour concludes, Elvis tearfully tells Georgie that the reason why he left her was because a woman named Debbie told him he had a daughter, and Elvis chose to be a part of his child's life over a life with Georgie. They sleep together on their last night before heading back to the UK.

Once back, Elvis calls Georgie to a meeting in Whitehall with Special Branch as it has been suggests that one of Georgie's captors, a radical convert named Abu (Michael James), escaped the air strike in Kenya and has re-entered the UK. As Georgie has had visions of him, they decide to check CCTV in areas where she saw him. Elvis and his unit are called to help when intel indicates that Abu and his associates are to perform a series terrorist attacks across Manchester and they incapacitate all of the attackers, except Abu. On Georgie's wedding day, Captain James tells Elvis not to get involved in the wedding. However, Elvis worries that Abu will target Georgie's wedding ceremony, so tries to stop her from getting married. On her wedding day, Georgie puts together that that Abu has actually been planning to target his ex-girlfriend Saira's (Dinita Gohil) university graduation as revenge for breaking up with him. Georgie and Elvis are able to stop Abu from committing a suicide attack on the place and after he shoots Elvis, he is shot dead by the special forces. Elvis survives the shot.

Development
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w8w6prfMVeg

https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/our-girl-viewers-vow-never-to-watch-the-show-again-as-elvis-is-killed-off-in-heartbreaking-scenes-a3673351.html

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a842839/luke-pasqualino-michelle-keegan-our-girl-elvis-death/

https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/elvis-incredibly-head-over-heels-in-our-girl-series-3

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/our-girl-elvis-alive/

"To prepare for the role I watched a lot of documentaries, tried to get into the heads of these guys while watching them. That's just more difficult than you think because the SAS try to keep themselves as anonymous as possible."

"The SAS are the most elite soldier so they are slightly more hardened than the average soldier. Playing them definitely comes with an ease. A lot of Elvis's lines are quite throwaway, because these guys never really show much emotion. They see it as a weakness."

"Elvis gets a bombshell dropped on him on the morning of the wedding, so that throws a big spanner in the works of the relationship of him and Georgie. As the series progresses, you see him try to make amends with Georgie for what's happened between them in the past. It's an evolution for sure."

A third protagonist was announced in March 2016, as Luke Pasqualino was announced to portray new character Elvis Harte, a special forces officer.

As a Special Forces operative, the cheeky Londoner is fearless, impulsive, self-confident, determined and cool under pressure. Elvis is a remarkable leader, brave and heroic. He had always wanted to be part of Special Forces, ever since the day he joined the army and after a number of tours he decided to attempt the SAS selection.

Who is Elvis? Elvis Harte is the Special Forces commander of the SAS group.

Why did Elvis join the Special Forces? Does he see himself as a hero? I don’t really know why he joined the Special Forces but I think he knows how good he is. I think Elvis wants to make the world a better place, but he only wants to do this on his own terms. He does have a lot of bravado, a lot of cheekiness and a lot of cockiness about him but at the end of the day, he gets his end goal finished and he gets you the result. He’s a bit of a maverick.

What does Elvis see in Georgie? What doesn’t he see in Georgie? He finds her absolutely beautiful but she isn’t just falling at his feet. I think he likes that and the fact he has a bit of a challenge, it’s why he keeps going back. That’s why he ends up falling in love. She’s a strong woman and someone to tame the beast that is Elvis.

Special Forces operative Elvis is many things – fearless, impulsive, self-confident, determined – but when it comes to commitment, well, he comes up a little short. After breaking Georgie's heart, he's determined to make amends and, in fairness, he has plenty going for him. Described as a remarkable leader, brave and heroic, he passed SAS selection and has worked on both covert and overt operations including counter terrorism and drug operations in the Middle East and Far East, in Afghanistan and most recently Syria.