Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton Book 'Furious Love' Optioned For Martin Scorcese

By far the most famous actress of the 20th century, Elizabeth Taylor's talent and, perhaps even more significantly, her tumultuous off-screen love life helped invent the modern celebrity and ignite the vast interest in their personal lives. Now, having passed away in March, the woman who acted in so many love stories will have her own legendary romance story told on the big screen."Furious Love," the Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger-penned book about Taylor's great affair and two marriages to actor Richard Burton, is being optioned by Paramount Pictures as a directing vehicle for Martin Scorcese, Deadline reports.

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