The Life & Loves of Elizabeth Taylor | "We Will Have No More Marriages!" | 3

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

After a brush with death, Elizabeth Taylor’s on top of the world. She has an Oscar, a million-dollar paycheck for Cleopatra, and a steamy new love interest: her stormy and hard-living co-star, Richard Burton. But when their affair threatens to become even more wild and destructive than Antony and Cleopatra’s, Elizabeth has to make a choice. Is she willing to risk everything – her career, her reputation, her marriage – for another chance at love?

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members! You can listen to even the rich ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:06.0	A note to our listeners. This episode contains descriptions of domestic abuse, alcohol and drug use, sex and suicide. Please be advised.
0:15.0	And there's gonna be some swearing.
0:17.0	As Elizabeth said, big girls need big diamonds.
0:20.0	And big swear words.
0:30.0	It's February 1962 in the Villa Pappa.
0:34.0	Elizabeth's rental mansion just outside Rome. Think pink marble walls, 14 bedrooms, endless lawns, and of course a formal dining room.
0:46.0	It's currently filled with Elizabeth's friends for one of her over-the-top dinner parties.
0:51.0	They've become regular events during the shooting of Cleopatra.
0:55.0	Some nights, Elizabeth serves caviar and truffles.
0:59.0	Other nights, like tonight, she serves her favorite chili, flown in directly from Los Angeles.
1:05.0	Wow, so that chili has more airline miles than I do.
1:09.0	Yeah, same. But that's how Elizabeth rolls.
1:12.0	She's a maximalist. She even has a rule for her dinner parties.
1:16.0	The color of the tablecloth always has to match her dress.
1:20.0	How rich do you have to be to own a dress and a tablecloth?
1:24.0	Yeah, well, she doesn't stop there. There's also a butler who's roaming the room pouring wine.
1:30.0	Elizabeth puts our glass out for a refill.
1:33.0	Her husband, Eddie, usually tells the butler to cut her off at five.
1:38.0	But he's not at the table tonight.
1:40.0	He's upstairs nursing a cold.
1:43.0	And Elizabeth is free to drink in peace.
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