In September 1963, the filming of "Wind and Rainy Night in Wushan" started in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Some locals in Mexico had heard that the notorious couple would be here, and they threatened to kill them by bringing the decadent Hollywood way of life to Mexico, polluting the land. When Burton and Taylor's plane landed at the airport, they were surrounded by a large group of locals, who dared not get off the plane easily.
At this time, the assistant director of the crew, a Mexican with dark skin, wearing a huge straw hat and two pistols on his waist, rushed into the first-class cabin, grabbed Taylor's arm, and pulled her to the door," Come with me!"
Burton was already extremely nervous, but now he suddenly broke into such an uninvited guest, and his first reaction was that Taylor encountered a kidnapper. Before he came, he had heard that Mexico was very chaotic, and kidnapping and murdering things were all too common.
He jumped up from his seat and knocked the Mexican to the ground with one punch, then leaned over and drew a pistol from the holster around his waist, pressed it against his head, and threatened, "You dare to move. , I'll shoot!"
At this time, the pilot heard the commotion in the first class cabin and rushed in immediately.
Burton yelled at them, "Get this guy off the plane or I'll kill him!"
So they grabbed the hapless and wronged Mexican, disarmed him, and finally threw him down the plane's gangway.
He was overwhelmed and couldn't find a chance to explain, so he stumbled away.
Even so, Burton and Taylor encountered a major blockade when they got off the plane. There were no security personnel, and they did not bring bodyguards. In the end, Burton used his early football skills to protect Taylor and Taylor. Her two children made it through the siege.
Even so, Taylor lost her shoes and clutch in the chaos. As they made their way to Mexico City, a furious Burton ordered the cancellation of an upcoming press conference. "This is my first time in Mexico, but I believe it will be my last," he said angrily.
However, when he saw the pristine scenery of Puerto Vallarta and Banderas Bay, he was conquered by the beauty here, and he liked to sit and daze on the beach when night fell.
Burton's neuroticism is still quite serious. He looks like such a man on the outside, but he is very sentimental on the inside. On November 22, 1963, Kennedy was assassinated, which caused him to fall into great grief.
Because he was in New York in '61 when he played "Camelot", the Kennedys liked him very much and invited him to the White House many times as a guest. He and Robert Kennedy also had a good time.
After the news came, he was emotionally broken and had no intention of filming at all. He couldn't receive a TV signal in this small fishing village, so he couldn't watch the live broadcast of the president's funeral.
For a full week, he cried against Tyler's shoulder every night. He told her that he was deeply saddened by the death of the president, even more so than the loss of his original family and the loss of Shebill.
He even had a mentality of being bored with the world for a time, and he did not want to go back to the United States or Europe, to the flowery world he was familiar with. He bought the Kimberley Villa in Mexico and wanted to live in seclusion with Taylor, quit the film industry, and become a writer or poet, which is also the reason.
No wonder he wrote in his diary that he hoped to do nothing here and stay quietly for 40 years. Then he flipped the pen and said, "Of course, I won't live that long either."
But he still pretended to be calm. He told reporters that it was Taylor who stabilized his emotions, and that after being with her, he became calmer and less excited.
But Taylor said, "His mood swings a lot, it's just that he chooses where and when to become more unstable."
Living in this villa, he didn't want to meet anyone. He only knew that one person would drink and write alone every day. To this end, he bought another villa with a swimming pool across the street and lived alone.
Taylor couldn't stand the loneliness, so she asked someone to build a pink covered bridge spanning the rooftops of the two villas, so that she could follow the bridge to Burton's villa. The photo shows director John Huston handing out pistols to Burton, Taylor, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, and Sue Lane. Because the place was particularly chaotic and dangerous, he gave each of them a golden pistol for self-defense.
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