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Friday, June 3, 2011

Scorsese to direct Liz-Dick film

For some reason it’s difficult for me to imagine that Elizabeth Taylor was only 29 years old when she met and fell in love with Richard Burton the set of Cleopatra. It seems that she had led a couple of lifetimes by then.

I mention this because word came out today that Paramount pictures and director Martin Scorsese are teaming to make a movie about the Taylor-Burton love affair. The film will be based on the book Furious Love that came out last year.

The story made no mention of who might star in the film. I can see Daniel Craig as Burton and Charlize Theron as Liz, although others are talking about Russell Crowe and Angelina Jolie.

1 comment:

Philip Wuntch said...

Furious Love was an excellent, well-written book, but I have serious doubts about the movie, even with Scorsese directing. Liz and Dick remain such public figures, it would be impossible for other actors to capture them.