In the event you, like me, are an Emily in Paris apologist, then you definitely’ll know the way ceaselessly that hapless Midwestern advertising government, as performed by the sprite-like Lily Collins, cosplays Audrey Hepburn. There she is, skipping down the steps of the Palais Garnier in a black ball robe like Humorous Face’s gamine Jo Stockton; wandering by cobblestone streets in a neckerchief like Roman Vacation’s Princess Ann; swaddled in plush knits on the slopes within the model of Charade’s Regina Lampert; and sporting a large hat and floor-length showstopper in a tribute to My Honest Girl’s Eliza Doolittle.
However, what about Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Hepburn’s best-known and nonetheless most-obsessed-over entry to the canon of probably the most fashionable movies of all time? Effectively, now it appears Collins is lastly donning that black gown, large diamond necklace, lengthy gloves, and sun shades—and it’s not for the Netflix smash hit, both. No, she’s about to play Hepburn herself in a brand new film in regards to the making of the Givenchy-filled romance.
Primarily based on Sam Wasson’s best-selling Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Daybreak of the Fashionable Girl, which tells the behind-the-scenes story of the movie’s manufacturing, the discharge shall be penned by Alena Smith, the creator of Apple TV+’s Dickinson.
The ebook’s log line states that it “goes past the legend to discover the lady contained in the little black gown and the movie that captured the creativeness of the nation in 1961—when the staid propriety of the Eisenhower years gave option to the glamorous modernity of the Kennedys. With a colourful forged of characters together with Truman Capote, Edith Head, Givenchy, ‘Moon River’ composer Henry Mancini, and, after all, the long-lasting Audrey Hepburn herself, Wasson immerses us within the America of the late fifties and early sixties earlier than Woodstock and contraception, when an alluring, not-so-virginal lady by the title of Holly Golightly melted hearts, raised eyebrows, and without end reworked People’ notions of style, movie, intercourse and tradition.”
Collins confirmed the information on her Instagram, writing: “It’s with virtually 10 years of growth and a lifetime of admiration and adoration for Audrey that I’m lastly in a position to share this. Honored and ecstatic don’t start to precise how I really feel…”
The Golden Globe and Emmy nominee is producing the venture alongside her husband, Charlie McDowell, however different questions stay. Who, as an illustration, will play a younger Hubert de Givenchy? Or the formidable Edith Head? Or the grouchy Capote? (Is Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’s Tom Hollander nonetheless obtainable?) And what in regards to the wonderful costuming—not simply the LBD, however the bow-laden hats, the off-duty denim, the right trench, the retina-searing orange coat, pink cocktail gown, et al? A style fantasia certainly awaits.
