Or, rather, according to Deadline New York, Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese is in talks to helm a film about the love affair between the late Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. (Just look above, aren't they the cutest couple?) No casting has been announced, but the rumor mill is atwitter with possibilities, from Charlize Thereon, Angelina Jolie, Anne Hathaway, and even Megan Fox. I'm personally hoping Russell Crowe is tapped for Burton.
As you can tell from my background both on this blog and my Twitter, I'm a huge Liz and Dick fan, maybe less of their real life relationships and more of their on screen ones. Together, when they were acting, it was like watching magic on screen. The work they put together in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is some of the best ever in a film, and how they play off one another is remarkable. Aside from Bogey/Bacall and Tracey/Hepburn, this is Hollywood's greatest love story. |
| If you existed, I'd divorce you! |
But this is said to be about their love affair. So be it. I won't be judgemental of this project yet, for this is a tale of Old Hollywood and recently is any director has proven himself perfectly able to tackle Old Hollywood it's The Aviator helmer Scorsese. This type of tale doesn't need just an apt director, it needs someone who loves movies and not just making them. Scorsese is such a man.
Who do you think should play Hollywood's most heated couple?
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