Lily Collins' meticulous 10-year grand plan even beat Ariana Grande.
Hollywood actress Lily Collins (36) has landed the lead role in the biopic of the eternal film icon the late Audrey Hepburn, and attention is being drawn to her "10-year Hepburn project" hidden behind this casting.
On the 1st (local time), according to foreign media including the British Daily Mail, Lily Collins was finally cast as Audrey Hepburn in a new biopic about the production process of Audrey Hepburn's legendary representative work Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961).
When the news broke, pop star Ariana Grande's fans exploded in anger, saying "the role of Audrey Hepburn was born for Ariana Grande" and "Ariana even changed her image and personality for this role, this is too much." Ariana Grande has long been an ardent fan of Audrey Hepburn and has often paid homage to her style.
But Lily Collins' winning of this dream role was by no means accidental. For the past 10 years she has constantly shown her admiration for Audrey Hepburn, and especially through her lead role in the Netflix mega-hit Emily in Paris she has meticulously and cunningly replicated the "Hepburn look" as a show of force.
Looking at Lily Collins' styling in Emily in Paris, Audrey Hepburn is hidden everywhere. The off-shoulder black dress she wore in season 1 to attend a performance of the ballet Swan Lake seems to have transplanted a scene from Hepburn's film Funny Face (1957) almost exactly. The striking red satin dress and white opera glove combination in the season 4 poster also perfectly recreate the iconic look from Funny Face.
And that's not all. Lily Collins has cleverly followed Hepburn's footsteps with pieces such as the faux fur coat and sunglasses coordinate from the snowy date look in Hepburn's film Charade (1963), the black-and-white striped dress and enormous hat from My Fair Lady (1964). In fact, one episode title in Emily in Paris season 4 was even "Roman Holiday," and in the drama Emily presented a midi skirt and scarf look almost identical to what Hepburn wore.
This biopic is based on Sam Wasson's bestseller 5th Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Birth of the Modern Woman. After her casting was confirmed, Lily Collins wrote on her social media, "After nearly 10 years of development, and a lifetime of admiring Audrey Hepburn, I can finally share this news. Words like honored and ecstatic cannot fully express my feelings," expressing her overwhelming emotions.
Despite the disappointed outcry from Ariana Grande's fans, Hollywood is focusing its attention on Lily Collins' trajectory, who after a decade of persistent 'Hepburn obsession' will finally portray her idol.
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