Rachel Weisz To Play Elizabeth Taylor in Biopic, 'A Special Relationship'

Actor Rachel Weisz has now bagged her next big project in the form of a biopic called, A Special Relationship that will be based on Elizabeth Taylor's journey from being an actress to an activist.

The story will be told through the lens of Taylor’s friendship with her assistant Roger Wall. Based on the screenplay written by Academy Award-winner Simon Beaufoy), the upcoming production will be helmed by the female directing duo Bert&Bertie.

Taylor won Oscars for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “Butterfield 8” and was nominated a total of five times. Though famous for her glamorous lifestyle and multiple marriages, she also took a crusading role in the fight against AIDS, which stemmed from her hiring of Walls, a gay man who grew up in poverty in the homophobic Deep South, in the mid-1980s.

“Audiences are clearly fascinated by the private lives of iconic Hollywood stars,” Canning and Sherman said. “There is no one more iconic than Elizabeth Taylor, and Simon Beaufoy has written a role that shines a light on Elizabeth’s humor and humanity, which will be beautifully brought to life through the extraordinary talents of Rachel Weisz.”

When it comes to Weisz, she won a best-supporting actress Oscar in 2006 for her turn in A Constant Gardener and was nominated in the same category this year for The Favourite.