Hepburn was very aware of the building furore but two things swayed her decision to accept the role. In My Fair Lady, Eliza Dolittle shouts at a racehorse, Come on, Dover, move your bloomin arse I doubt the US audience would have allowed ass. MY FAIR LADY with Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. I know we modern women are supposed to be a bit offended by the fact that Professor Henry Higgins appears to take advantage of the poor street urchin, Eliza Doolittle, but really, Eliza simply saw a chance to better her life. In my business, I have to know who brings people and their money to a theatre box-office." The happy ending that producers would try to fix to Pygmalion, and which My Fair Lady originally staged in 1956enshrined, with Eliza and Higgins together, has been jettisoned. Instead, let’s talk about why this film remains one of my all time favorites. When do we start?" But when she was asked to come in for a screen test, she replied: "Screen test? You’ve seen me do the part and you know I can do a good job."įurious at her refusal, Warner publicly declared he would only consider established screen stars for what was shaping up to be the most expensive film in Hollywood history at that time: "You can say 'Audrey Hepburn' and people instantly know you’re talking about a beautiful and talented star. Some, controversially, have claimed that Andrews herself scuppered her own chances when Warner called her to discuss the film.
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