Helena Bonhem Carter busy researching on Elizabeth Taylor

Actress Helena Bonhem Carter is dedicating time researching screen icon Elizabeth Taylor as she prepares to play the late superstar in a new TV drama. Carter,47,will play the actress in upcoming mini-series Burton and Taylor opposite Dominic West,who plays the star’s on-and-off husband Richard Burton,reported Daily Star.

“The research is what I get off on. My mum is a psychologist and I’m very similar to her. I love the challenge of working a character out. Ultimately,I don’t agree to do a film because I think it’s going to be a success. I do it because I think I’m going to learn something from the character I’m playing. I’m not sure what yet,but I know I am going to learn something from Elizabeth. I know that,somehow,I’m going to grow as a soul from playing her,” she said.

Carter said she has learned to be less critical of her work and enjoy her job as an actress. “There’s less pressure on it. Which,of course,means I do it better. I take myself so much less seriously than I used to. I used to be so self-critical,it was painful. Now I think,’OK,so I acted badly today. I’ll try and act better tomorrow.’ I mean,for God’s sake,it’s not like I’m a surgeon or anything. It doesn’t really matter,does it?” Burton and Taylor will air later this year.