 He then contacted Levine, who said he would finance the film because he had associated with Nichols on "The Knack", and because he heard that Elizabeth Taylor specifically wanted Nichols to direct her and Richard Burton in "Virginia Woolf".With financing assured, Nichols suggested Buck Henry for screenwriter, although Henry's experience had also been mostly in improvised comedy, and had no writing background.Nichols said to Henry, "I think you could do it; I think you "should" do it."