Michael Sheen wants to make film on Richard Burton

Actor Michael Sheen is eager to develop a movie about Richard Burton, because he identifies with the late acting legend's struggles in Hollywood. HT Image Both men grew up in Port Talbot in Wales, and Sheen, who looked up to Burton as a youngster, wants to delve into the Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? not just as an actor, but also just as someone who came from the town and did very well, because coming from Port Talbot, people not necessarily feeling that confident about people being interested in them, so someone coming from there like Richard Burton, was a massive influence," Sheen, 43, said. "I believe there is a script, but honestly I would like to develop something myself one day because I think something that affected Richard was coming from a town like Port Talbot and then going to Hollywood.