Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s love affair will be chronicled in a new film and several A-list names are being mentioned to play the iconic couple.

Angelina Jolie and Catherine Zeta-Jones have expressed interest in playing the Dame, while Russell Crowe, Clive Owen and Colin Farrell have eyed playing Burton. Mike Nichols has expressed interest in directing. All the major studios would love to be a part of this film.

The film will be based on the book, Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the Marriage of the Century, written by husband and wife team Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger, which chronicles Taylor and Burton’s legendary tale of love, divorce and remarriage.

Taylor herself gave access to never-before-seen materials to the duo during their book research, including Burton’s love letters to her. They were also given an unpublished first draft of Taylor’s 1965 autobiography, plus a portfolio of the screen icon’s favorite personal photographs, which are reproduced in the book. The dame also allowed interview questions about her and Burton’s long love affair, during which she commented on how he was the great love of her life, the partner in her longest — and shortest — marriages.

Source: ET