Rachel Weisz will play Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor for female directing duo Bert & Bertie and UK-Australia producing powerhouse See-Saw Films in A Special Relationship. Slumdog Millionaire …
has written the screenplay, which chronicles Taylor’s journey from actress to activist through the lens of her friendship with her assistant Roger Wall, a gay man who grew up in poverty in the Deep South.
Beaufoy’s script was drawn from hours of interviews with those close to Taylor. Alongside being an Oscar-winning actress whose iconic roles included, and a vibrant public figure who was married eight times to seven men, Taylor was a social activist who became one of the first major celebrities to vocally join the fight against HIV/AIDS in the 1980s.Producers are See-Saw Films’ Iain Canning and Emile Sherman .
Weisz, a Brit-American actress like Taylor, is coming off the back of her Oscar-nominated performance inIn demand writing and directing duo Bert & Bertie previously helmedSee-Saw, which struck a three-year first-look deal with New Regency in 2018, has projects upcoming include Francis Lee’swith Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst. The company’s TV wing recently scooped three Emmys for Stephen Frears short-form serieswith Colin Farrell and Jack O’Connell in the works.
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