Apparently they are planning to remake My Fair Lady by 2012, and Carey Mulligan is to star as Eliza Doolittle (Keira Knightley was first cast, but eventually replaced).
I have really mixed feelings about this. And they’re not positive feelings either. To be honest, I’m not liking the idea. But first of first, a little background on My Fair Lady, and how I came to love it. Two things attracted me to the 1964 version of the film: the cast, consisting of Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison as the main and unlikely couple, and Stanley Holloway, Gladys Cooper and Wilfrid Hyde-White as the supporting actors, and the fact that this film won Best Picture for the 37th Academy Awards (beating down Becket, Dr. Strangelove, Mary Poppins and Zorba the Greek in the year). I love this film. And I just can’t imagine it being remade
again by today’s artists.
