Cleopatra (1963 film) other commitments and were replaced by Rex Harrison and Richard Burton, as Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony respectively. During filming, Taylor met Burton and the two began an adulterous affair; the scandal made headlines worldwide, since both were married to others, and brought bad publicity to the already troubled production. Mankiewicz was later fired during the editing phase, only to be rehired to reshoot the opening battle scenes in Spain. The cut of the film which Mankiewicz screened for the studio was six hours long. This was cut to four hours for its initial premiere, but the studio demanded (over
Julius Caesar (1970 film) several other DVD reviewers also disparaged the film. John Gielgud played Cassius in the 1953 film version of "Julius Caesar", directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Charlton Heston had played Mark Antony once before, in an earlier film version of "Julius Caesar", made in Chicago in 1950. He would do so yet again, in a 1972 film version of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra", which Heston directed. Julius Caesar (1970 film) Julius Caesar is a 1970 British independent film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, directed by Stuart Burge from a screenplay by Robert Furnival. The film stars Charlton