Lion

A magnetic, regal force who commanded every room he entered.

Richard Burton possessed the lion's defining traits: a thunderous, commanding presence, raw charisma, and a proud, dominant nature that made him the center of attention on stage and screen. His passionate, tempestuous relationship with Elizabeth Taylor, his love of excess, and his fierce Welsh pride all reflect the lion's bold, dramatic, and intensely masculine energy. Yet like the lion, Burton also carried a certain noble melancholy, aware of both his greatness and his own self-destructive tendencies.