My Fair Lady - Julie Andrews (video)

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Wouldn’t it Be Loverly?
Published 6/6/2008 by Sasha Stone at Awards Daily 2008
Keira Knightley is in talks to play Eliza DoLittle, according to EW, quoting Variety, via ONTD.  My favorite of the bunch is Julie Andrews, even though I never saw her play Eliza - I just like her voice so much all of a sudden in my later years.  Keira Knightley is more Audrey Hepburn-ish but watching them side by side diminishes Hepburn, imo.  She sure was a loverly thing herself.  Either way, Knightley is sure to be the weakest of the three.  Not a slight against Ms. Knightley - in fact, she seems sort of suited for the role but she’s got some formidable competition there.  ...

Keira Knightley Considering My Fair Lady Remake
Published 6/6/2008 by Variety.com * at Thompson On Hollywood
As far as I'm concerned, the 1938 Pygmalion starring Wendy Hiller and Leslie Howard is far better than the terrible 1964 My Fair Lady movie adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe Broadway smash musical. The movie got by on Rex Harrison and the great music, barely. It was one of those cases where Hollywood insisted on casting a star-- ...