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At one time the longest-running Broadway musical, My Fair Lady was adapted by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe from the George Bernard Shaw comedy Pygmalion. Outside Covent Garden on a rainy evening in 1912, dishevelled cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) meets linguistic expert Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison). .. Read more

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  Knightley waits for My Fair Lady role

  • 14 Mar 2009

  Keira Knightley is begging studio bosses to finally cast her as the lead in the remake of My Fair Lady - because she's been preparing for the part for two years. Reports have been circulating since September (08) suggesting Knightley has secured the role made famous by Audrey Hepburn in the 1964 musical, based on George Bernard Shaw's comedy of manners, Pygmalion. But she insists casting directors have not made a final decision since she first read for the role in 2007, and she will ignore... Read more

  

  Wright dismisses My Fair Lady reports

  • 03 Nov 2009

  Director Joe Wright has laughed off reports he is set to head up the remake of My Fair Lady, insisting he is not connected to the picture. Daily Variety claimed Wright would be reteaming with Keira Knightley for a new version of the 1964 musical, based on George Bernard Shaw's comedy of manners, Pygmalion. But the Atonement filmmaker has shot down the rumours, revealing he turned the project down. He says, "It's not happening! It's all a lie. I thought about it for a couple of minutes and... Read more

  

  Keira in talks for My Fair Lady

  • 06 Jun 2008

  British actress Keira Knightley is in negotiations to star in a remake of the classic musical My Fair Lady. Mooted as an 'update' of the original, the new movie will still be set in 1912 and will feature the same score, Variety has reported. The story focuses on Eliza Doolittle, a lower-class cockney girl, who is given lessons in upper-class manners by linguistic expert Professor Henry Higgins. According to theatrical emprasario Cameron Mackintosh, the film will involve revisiting George... Read more

  

  Mulligan is no Fair Lady

  • 20 Feb 2010

  Carey Mulligan is the latest star to dismiss rumours she is set to appear as the lead in a big screen remake of My Fair Lady. Keira Knightley was tipped to take the part of Eliza Doolittle, which was made famous by Audrey Hepburn in the 1964 musical, but the Pirates of the Caribbean actress withdrew from the race to land the lead earlier this year (10) after waiting two years for the movie to begin production. Natalie Portman was subsequently rumoured to be in the running for the role, but a... Read more

  

  Knightley is no Fair Lady

  • 15 Jan 2010

  Keira Knightley has withdrawn from the race to win the lead role in the upcoming My Fair Lady remake after waiting more than two years for the movie to begin production. The actress read for the role in 2007 and was even said to have taken singing lessons in the hope of landing the part of Eliza Doolittle, made famous by Audrey Hepburn in the 1964 musical. She said of the My Fair Lady remake last year (09), "I auditioned for it about two years ago, and I think it's been a matter of trying to... Read more

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    At one time the longest-running Broadway musical, My Fair Lady was adapted by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe from the George Bernard Shaw comedy Pygmalion. Outside Covent Garden on a rainy evening in 1912, dishevelled cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) meets linguistic expert ...

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