Oh, it turns out that Burton actually got into this scene when he was filming "The Spring Festival Night".
He told Taylor’s secretary Hanley privately that when he returned to the dressing room at the end of the shooting, he still thought he was in the scene. He sat on a chair and touched his crotch more than once to make sure he was not castrated by his wife. , Is there any shortage of his eggs?
Otherwise, how to explain that a normal man would be bullied and humiliated by his wife to such a degree, yet he dare not directly use violence to resist?
He even found out that she was having an affair with an adulterer in the bedroom, and the clothes were scattered down the stairs, but he didn't have the courage to rush in to catch the adulterer. He only knew that one person had escaped from the house and curled up with his body. He only knew how to cry?
Because the role of George is too useless and not like a man, the producer does not think that Burton, who looks like he has excess testosterone, can play this role well as "the greatest male symbol in the world".
Once he got in touch with five or six first-line male stars, they all rejected the role. They thought that playing George would make them stereotyped as humble and petty figures and destroy their masculine image.
Robert Redford didn't even read the script, so he refused and said, "Even if you give me all the money from the whole world, I will never play George!"
When the producer finally had no choice but to agree to Burton to try on makeup, he was immediately convinced when he saw Burton appearing in the camera's viewfinder.
"I am George, and George is me." Burton said to the dumbfounded producer at the time. Burton's understanding of himself made him very clear that there are certain similarities between him and George, a wife-afraid husband.
In a sense, George's character is also part of his personality. Because of this, he always believed that Taylor was bullying and humiliating him in front of outsiders, and that Taylor was committing adultery with young men.
Facts have also proved that Martha is Taylor, and Taylor is Martha. What Martha did to George, Taylor did to Burton, and even worsened.
It's no wonder he will act so softly.
People who have not personally experienced him and have been in contact with him will not know his gentle and kind side.
At the end of 68, during the filming of "Stairs" in London, a photographer interviewed with the class and stayed with him for a while.
Decades later, when he put the stills he shot for Burton at the time on his personal film festival, he accepted an interview with reporters. The reporter asked him whether it was difficult to get along with the alcoholic Burton.
He replied, "Burton? No, it's not difficult at all. There is no trouble. Except for a few hangovers, he is fine at other times."
"I think Richard is a great man. Of course, some people have a bad opinion of him, but I found him to be a very gentle, soft-spoken guy."
"He is the kind of natural superstar, as long as he walks into the room, you will know. Unfortunately, his magical voice can not appear on these prints, because listening to him is very happy and he is very attractive. Today, these'stars' are totally inferior to people like him."
Burton's face is really amazing. It's super suitable for this kind of black-and-white lens with strong lighting. It looks pretty everywhere and is very recognizable. You can't find an actor like him at all.
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