• News/       Who's Got What It Takes to Play Elizabeth Taylor?
Natalie Portman, Elizabeth Taylor, Kate Winslet Jason
Merritt/Getty Images; Jason Merritt/Getty Images      It's only
a matter of time. Readers are wondering about it; I hear it
being discussed among movie execs in town: Who can play
Elizabeth Taylor when the inevitable life story is made?
Sorry, but, we really don't think the most obvious choice,
Angelina Jolie, the gal who's the front-runner for the next
Cleopatra remake, is the best woman for the job. She'd do, mind
you, but Angelina is so all about keeping her detractors (and,
sometimes, fans) at bay.      Elizabeth ate those folks for
lunch! So, who are the best candidates?      TWITTER: Follow
@theawfultruth      Natalie Portman With a few exceptions,
Portman's got the right everything to pull off playing the
fiery-yet-sometime-aloof Taylor, who won two Oscars in her
lifetime. I mean, you should have seen Natalie backstage at the
Oscars this year: total snotsville. Really had a 't