 Marlon Brando (qv) and Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv) were criticized  in the mass media in 1963 for what was perceived as their part in  causing the budgets of their epic films ("Mutiny on the Bounty" and  _Cleopatra (1963)_ (qv)) to balloon out of control. Aside from their  paychecks ($1.25 million for Brando, with overages; a minimum of $1  million to Taylor, both record salaries for the time), the press  claimed it was prima donna behavior on the part of the two stars  that caused the resulting fiscal hardships at their respective  studios, M.G.M. and 20th