Taylor intended to follow "Cleopatra" by headlining an all-star cast in Fox's black comedy "What a Way to Go!" (1964), but negotiations fell through, and Shirley MacLaine was cast instead. In the meantime, film producers were eager to profit from the scandal surrounding Taylor and Burton, and they next starred together in Anthony Asquith's "The V.I.P.s" (1963), which mirrored the headlines about them. Taylor played a famous model attempting to leave her husband for a lover, and Burton her estranged millionaire husband. Released soon after "Cleopatra", it became a box-office success. Taylor was also paid $500,000 to appear in a CBS television special, "Elizabeth Taylor in London", in which she visited the city's landmarks and recited passages from the works of famous British writers.