Richard Burton's last interview on filming '1984'. Sadly Burton was in very poor health though you'd never know it to look at this. The scene of him and John Hurt required 41 takes as he kept forgetting his lines. People sometimes forget that he was on powerful painkillers which couldn't have helped either | Richard Burton's World

"Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are photographed on the rugged shores of Big Sur, California, circa 1965, during the production of The Sandpiper, a drama directed by Vincente Minnelli. Their relationship—fiery, passionate, and endlessly publicized—had captured the world’s attention since the early 1960s, following their controversial romance on the set of Cleopatra (1963). By the time filming began along the Pacific coast, they were married and at the height of their fame, living as Hollywo