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Rachel Weisz to Play Elizabeth Taylor in Movie About Her AIDS Activism

Rachel Weisz to Play Elizabeth Taylor in Movie About Her AIDS Activism

Rachel Weisz is set to portray the legendary actress and AIDS activist Elizabeth Taylor in an upcoming movie.

The film, A Special Relationship, will follow her “AIDS activism throughout the 1980s after she hired a new personal assistant, a gay man named Roger Wall, who grew up in poverty in a homophobic region of the Deep South before becoming one of Taylor’s closest friends,” EW reports.

The movie was written by Slumdog Millionaire‘s Simon Beaufoy, who collected hours worth of interviews with those closest to her.

“Audiences are clearly fascinated by the private lives of iconic Hollywood stars,” the producers 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. At its heart, A Special Relationship is a story of friendship and what better way of guaranteeing that translates to the screen than trusting the directing talents of real-life best friends and creative collaborators Bert & Bertie. Troop Zero dazzled audiences at Sundance and, like that film, A Special Relationship is a celebration of how friendships can change people’s lives, and how Elizabeth helped change the world.”

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