\n<\/aside>\nLily Collins will be stepping into the shoes of legendary actress and icon Audrey Hepburn.<\/p>\n
Collins has been slated to play Hepburn in a\u00a0film based on the book\u00a0\u201cFifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman\u201d by Sam Wasson.<\/p>\n
The movie will focus on a specific time in Hepburn\u2019s career, when she filmed the 1961 movie, \u201cBreakfast at Tiffany\u2019s.\u201d <\/p>\n
Fans appear divided over her casting, despite her resemblance to the star, with some calling it a \u201cbold choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, her son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer, gushed about the casting.<\/p>\n
Ferrer, who authored the biography \u201cIntimate Audrey,\u201d told Fox News Digital: \u201cI love Lily Collins. Sam Wasson, the book\u2019s writer, is a good friend of mine and I\u2019m very happy for him. I don\u2019t have any huge thoughts on the film as it hasn\u2019t been made yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe that my mother might cringe at \u2018Dawn of the Modern Woman,\u2019 but she cringed at any compliment. And now there are two films in prep for her, this one and \u2018Dinner with Audrey,\u2019\u201d Ferrer noted.<\/p>\n
Adding: \u201cI\u2019m not sure how one adapts such a \u2018historical snapshot.’\u201d<\/p>\nLily Collins will be playing the icon Audrey Hepburn. GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFans took to social media to discuss the casting news.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some called her casting the \u201cperfect choice,\u201d with Collins being \u201cthe most perfect person to play Audrey Hepburn,\u201d while others said, \u201cDont [sic] bother love you look nothing like Audrey she was one and only and will never be replaced by you or anyone,\u201d and another said: \u201cAre you kidding me? You are nothing like her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Experts noted that while it\u2019s a \u201ctall order to fill,\u201d the key to Collins nailing the role lies in her performance and whether she can embody the essence of the Oscar winner.<\/p>\n
Professor Charlie Keil, Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto, says taking on a role like this \u201ccan be a field full of landmines.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen a contemporary star takes on the role of an iconic figure from the past, they may be judged by many different standards. If that figure is someone like Audrey Hepburn, who has been immortalized on screen in numerous famous roles, it is a much greater challenge,\u201d Keil said.<\/p>\nLily Collins has been open about her admiration for Audrey Hepburn over the years. ( Lily Collins\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nKeil said that Hepburn \u201cset the standard for 1950s-era elegance\u201d: \u201cShe was at the vanguard of fashion trends, had perfect diction, and having been born in Europe,\u201d noting she had a \u201cdistinctive and lightly accented voice. She is fondly remembered by her many fans as svelte and almost aristocratic, but also a bit coltish and beguilingly insecure at times,\u201d adding that \u201cthis is a tall order to fill.\u201d<\/p>\n
Keil said fans \u201cdon\u2019t necessarily want a carbon copy\u201d of Hepburn, but rather, \u201cthey are looking for a new way to think about a familiar star and the performance should give them that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Keil gave Natalie Portman\u2019s portrayal of Jackie Kennedy in the film \u201cJackie\u201d as an example, and how she gave \u201ca particular purchase on the former first lady, and not a comprehensive imitation of every known aspect of a famous person\u2019s persona.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t imitate \u2014 differentiate. Show, as an actress, that you are exercising some control in how you are conceiving of the re-imagining of a legend. And of course, hope the material you are starring in is worthy of the risk,\u201d Keil added.\u00a0<\/p>\nAudrey Hepburn in \u201cBreakfast at Tiffany\u2019s.\u201d <\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPaul Schnee, who, with his business partner Kerry Barden, has cast films such as \u201cThe Help,\u201d \u201cWinter\u2019s Bone,\u201d \u201cDallas Buyers Club\u201d and \u201cSpotlight,\u201d called Collins a \u201cwonderful actor,\u201d noting that \u201cher vague resemblance to Audrey will be an assist, but talent trumps that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schnee said that \u201ca vague resemblance is sufficient, but not always,\u201d noting that what works best as a viewer is \u201cthe embodiment of the essence of the person.\u201d<\/p>\n
He and Barden cast her as Snow White in the film \u201cMirror Mirror,\u201d noting that her \u201ctalent transcended her genes,\u201d referring to her being the daughter of musician\u00a0Phil Collins.<\/p>\n
It boils down to the performance: \u201cThe better the actor is, the less focus there will be on physical appearance,\u201d Schnee, who cast Jennifer Lawrence in \u201cWinter\u2019s Bone,\u201d said.<\/p>\n
Collins revealed the\u00a0project has been in the works\u00a0for almost 10 years, in an Instagram post she shared after the casting news was announced in late February, noting that she felt \u201chonored and ecstatic.\u201d<\/p>\nCollins has been open about her love for the icon, often sharing her images on her Instagram. Associated Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cIt\u2019s with almost 10 years of development and a lifetime of admiration and adoration for Audrey that I\u2019m finally able to share this. Honored and ecstatic don\u2019t begin to express how I feel\u2026\u201d she wrote on her Instagram page.<\/p>\n
Collins has been open about her love for the icon, often sharing her images on her Instagram.<\/p>\n
Howard Fine of Howard Fine Acting Studio, who worked with Austin Butler as Elvis Presley on \u201cElvis,\u201d Jaalen Best as Cassius Clay\/Muhammad Ali\u00a0<\/strong>in \u201cThe Greatest\u201d and Carla Gugino as Vivien Leigh in \u201cVivien & the Florist,\u201d said \u201cthe challenge when playing an iconic figure is not to do an imitation.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cIf Austin had done an imitation of Elvis, it would have been career-ending rather than award-winning. The actor must find where the character lives inside themselves,\u201d Fine said.<\/p>\nAudrey Hepburn in \u201cBreakfast at Tiffany\u2019s.\u201d <\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHepburn was known for her distinct voice and cadence, which is something Collins will have to focus on mastering.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a big believer in voice and dialect work to master accents and the distinctive vocal patterns which Audrey Hepburn had. However, the actor must find the personality behind the patterns in order to steer away from a hollow copying them,\u201d Fine added.<\/p>\n
Fine said the actor \u201cmust avoid imitating\u201d the actor, and focus instead on \u201cinhabiting the soul that motivated this behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fine said the actor must ask themselves: \u201cWho am I as the character and then how can I find the character inside myself. The vocal and physical manifestations of the characters must become second nature. The actor needs to practice until everything becomes effortless, until we don\u2019t see the acting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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