IAN MCSHANE - MCSHANE: 'BURTON TOLD ME I WAS LIKE TAYLOR BEFORE KISS'

MCSHANE: 'BURTON TOLD ME I WAS LIKE TAYLOR BEFORE KISS'

IAN MCSHANE worried about his kissing scenes with RICHARD BURTON in VILLAIN, because the late actor told him he reminded him of his then-wife ELIZABETH TAYLOR. DEADWOOD star MCShane played Burton's bisexual lover in the 1971 gangster movie. He recalls, "After kissing me, he's going to beat the hell out of me and it's that kind of relationship - rather hostile. It was very S+M. It wasn't shown in the film. "He said to me, 'I'm very glad that you're doing this film.' I said, 'So am I, Richard.' "He said, 'You know why, don't you?' I said, 'Why?' He said, 'You remind me of Elizabeth.' "I guess that made the kissing easier."