Keira Knightley has beaten Scarlett Johansson to land the part of Eliza Doolittle in a new film adaptation of the cinema classic My Fair Lady.
The 24-year-old actress will be starring in the film, directed by lensman Joe Wright. “Joe and Keira are looking forward to working together again immensely,” an unidentified friend of the filmmarker told The Daily Telegraph on Sunday.
In August, Wright revealed that Keira would compete with the Golden Globe-winning Scarlett, also 24, for the role of the Cockney flower seller played by Audrey Hepburn in the 1964 original.
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Keira Knightley will compete with Scarlett Johansson for the role of Eliza Doolittle in a remake of the 1964 film My Fair Lady.
(Ugh — Can’t Hollywood at least leave My Fair Lady alone? As if it isn’t bad enough that they’re remaking Teen Wolf!)
Last year, the Pirates of the Caribbean star auditioned for the role originally portrayed by sixties sweetheart Audrey Hepburn, and even begun singing lessons in hopes of playing the Cockney florist. But it looks like Keira will have some competition from the Lost In Translation actress, according to Sir Cameron Mackintosh — who is producing the remake.
“I have two actresses as potential Elizas, one British, the other American. You’d know their names, but I’m not letting on,” Mackintosh told The Telegraph over the weekend.
Who would you like to see play Eliza Doolittle in a My Fair Lady remake?
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