Helena Bonham Carter, Dominic West to play Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton

[ReadyForMyCloseUp]

Titled Burton and Taylor, the 90-minute drama will air on BBC Four later this year. The story centres around the volatile ex-lovers' ill-fated appearance in a 1983 revival of Noel Coward's stage play Private Lives. Source: Digital Spy

I hope that this is great, for HBC's sake.

[guany]

[Blasty]

Can HBC live up to LiLo's portrayal, that is the question.

[erikdean]

[dlong5665]

[HoneyDarling]

Nobody can touch Lindsay's portrayal of Elizabeth Taylor!

[Blasty]

The shadow it casts shall reach across the pond and haunt Helly Bonham's portrayal deeply - I don't know how she will cope with the pressure!

[jjj]

Apparently from the director who's making Effie with Emma Thompson, Dakota Fanning, Julie Walters, and Claudia Cardinale.

West & Carter are both (counting TV) recent Bafta winners. I dunno how many are interested in the life of Taylor past her prime though.

[coolinout1]

Apparently from the director who's making Effie with Emma Thompson, Dakota Fanning, Julie Walters, and Claudia Cardinale.

For a second, I thought you said from the director who made Effie with Jennifer Hudson, but then realized I was thinking of Winnie, that biopic that never came out in the US.

[Atonenent.]

I think this sounds great. HBC gets so few actually good normal roles these days.

[siowafc]

It's hard to say what is worse: Lifetime or BBC FOUR.

[Blasty]

I think this sounds great. HBC gets so few actually good normal roles these days.

If there's one thing Liz Taylor wasn't, it's normal.

[ReadyForMyCloseUp]

I just want to know when Helena is going to play Bette Davis. Like, it's so obvious.

[HoneyDarling]

If there's one thing Liz Taylor wasn't, it's normal.

Was Liz Tay drunk?

[Souler]

GLAAdiator!

This will never not be the most glorious awards show moment ever. (Also, Sunshine??)

[Addison de Witt]

Terrible casting
I love Bonham Carter but she is miscast here

However, I'd love to see this:

I just want to know when Helena is going to play Bette Davis. Like, it's so obvious.

[just me]

I can´t picture Helena as Liz, but who knows. Even Zeta Jones looks like a better choice. Dominic West is handsome and brave enough to play Dick.

[ReadyForMyCloseUp]

First pictures from the set:

[Critix]

This cannot end well.

[coolinout1]

I'm glad Dominic West has another big role.