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‘I hope this changes perceptions’: documentary focuses on the real Elizabeth Taylor

The ‘rebel superstar’ was decades ahead of her time, a new three-part series produced by her protégé Kim Kardashian shows

Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar, a three-part series that airs on BBC2 from Friday, reframes its subject not just as a double Oscar-winner but as a business mogul and trailblazing activist who rewrote the rules of fame. The ‘Liz and Dick show’ spawned the paparazzi culture we know today, so she consciously took control of the narrative, hiring her own personal photographer [Gianni Bozzacchi, who appears in the docuseries].” The documentary features previously unheard audio recordings of an unguarded Taylor reflecting on her life and first-hand testimony from her inner circle including goddaughter Paris Jackson, daughter of Michael.

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