The film is Richard Burton's posthumous work, he did not wait for this film to be released. Of course, even if he was still alive, he wouldn't watch it according to the usual practice. He always thought of himself as an ugly man and hated seeing his pockmarked face on the big screen, or even just in dailies.
When he was filming "The Domination of the World", the staff wanted him to see the part he just finished, but he immediately refused to say, "Show me the demo? Oh my god, I might as well cut my throat!"
He once stumbled across Lisa watching his "Cleopatra" on a yacht, and he was so frightened that he hurried out of the room, turned around and ran.
When Taylor and him divorced for the second time in 1976, his movie was playing on the flight. The crew heard that she was coming and hurriedly removed the movie and replaced it with something else. I can't help but wonder if the crew will also take care of his taboos and stop showing his movies when he takes the flight?
Of course, as a person, he would not let outsiders know about this taboo. After all, he was always kind and humble in front of outsiders, and there would never be such a big-name act. In such a situation, he just needs to close his eyes and not look at it, there is no need to trouble and disturb others.
"1984" was filmed by him in July. In order to commemorate the original author George Orwell, this play was not only filmed in 1984, but also released in October. So all post-production was compressed into three months, and it was time to hurry up to release it as originally planned.
In fact, according to the original book and the script, the role of O'Brien is the second male lead, and the role is very heavy, so the producers have always hoped to find a superstar to play.
However, first-choice Paul Schofield (Burton's rival in Otti in '67 and the best actor in the same year) broke his leg during the start of filming and could not act.
The second candidate, Rod Steiger (Burton's competitor in Otti in 1965, and the best actor in 1968) failed to have a facelift, so he had to temporarily notify the crew of the cancellation. He was the same age as Burton. In fact, he also suffered from depression like Burton at this time, but he insisted on medication, so he lived many years longer than Burton.
The third candidate, Marlon Brando (Burton's competitor in Otti in 1953, and the best actor in 1954 and 1972) asked for 1 million as soon as he opened his mouth. The director was so angry that he said that Brando was no longer acting well, and finally he had to pay attention Transfer to Burton who is not the best actor.
At this time, the crew had started filming for some time, and still no candidate for O'Brien had been found, so the script had to be deleted and revised, and the part of the character was removed in a large space.
Because he heard that Burton was still drinking heavily, the director was very worried, but he couldn't help sending someone to take a helicopter to Haiti. At this time, Burton was "reclusive" here in order to avoid the endless pursuit of the media. Given that on May 31, Burton was also in Geneva, Switzerland, as the chairman of an aid-for-Africa organization, he attended a conference and spoke on the stage, so this should be June.
He read the script and said he could shoot it. In order not to delay the progress of the crew, he even flew directly to the shooting location in a helicopter. After meeting the director, he, who had started to quit drinking for the last time, said that although he knew that he was only the fourth candidate, he would still play the role well. I was wondering, when he heard the names of the first three candidates, would he have thought that all three of them were movie stars, but he was not the only one?
But by this time, he already knew that he was no longer worried that the Oscars never gave him the Best Actor Award. There is not even such a deep resentment that he can no longer walk on the stage because of his deteriorating health, and play the Macbeth and King Lear he most wanted to play.
Now, the body is useless to him, how can he care about these false names? Therefore, when he said these words to the director, he was peaceful and quiet, just like he was just an ordinary actor who had never been famous.
Although the director found that his physical condition was very bad at this time, his mental condition was even worse, and he even babbled occasionally, so he suspected that he would not live long. But no one would have thought that he took this script and indirectly accelerated his progress towards the end of his life?
Had it not been for befriending the protagonist John Hurt during filming, he would not have taken Hurt to live at his home in Cellini, Switzerland on August 2, and would not have had a sudden depression on August 3. He was taken by Hurt to a bar to relax after a seizure, and finally something happened.
Any accident is always caused by a series of accidental events and coincidences colliding together. But after the injury, he obviously had many opportunities to save himself, but he gave up one by one, letting his last life be slowly consumed on the day of August 4th.
Just like in his life, his youth, beauty and talent were all wasted in bad movies. In the end, there was no actor or nobility, and his first love and favorite were not by his side. In the end, he was left empty-handed.
Being able to let yourself die without having to do it yourself is a great thing. He read the last book at home and waited quietly for God to take him away.
No one would have thought that he would suddenly leave at such a time, at such an age, and in such a way. Hollywood and the theater world suddenly realized that they had lost one of their most talented actors. Four memorial services were held following the funeral of Selini's 10,000 people.
The locations of the four memorial services are all very commemorative, namely Wales, his hometown; London, where Old Vic is located; Los Angeles, where Hollywood is located; and New York, where Broadway is located.
A Welsh actor can be successful in the West End theatre stage, the Broadway musical stage, and the Hollywood film stage.
However, he always thought that he could not be a great actor until he died, thinking that he was just an outdated star, and felt ashamed and blamed for the bad films he made in those years.
The Hong Kong press said, "Richard Bolton is gone." Continental magazine said, "There will be no longer his voice in the world". Compared with the group of European and American paparazzi who lurked in his cemetery for seven days and finally came to Taylor quietly to pay their respects, the Chinese and Hong Kong media, who were far away from the Hollywood whirlpool in 1984, were relatively innocent, but they could come with a truly serious and respectful attitude. Watch an actor's life come to an end.
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