I have nothing against this actress. I don't even know much about her, but casting her in a role that was originally played by the peerless Audrey Hepburn was a blunder. I mean she looks okay , but if you saw the breathtaking beauty of Hepburn in 1954, you will see that the 1995 remake of Sabrina casted an older and less beautiful actress.
shareBeauty is in the eyes of the beholder, as you know. I personally don't find Audrey Hepburn attractive (in fact I've always thought she looks a bit like a cat).
I do feel that despite her matchless beauty, Julia Ormond was miscast in Sabrina, in the sense that Hepburn's version is somewhat boyish, while Julia's radiates womanly warmth and soulfulness.
I couldn't agree more. I've never had this wild worship for Audrey Hepburn that everyone else seems to have. She does nothing for me.
Julia Ormond was not looking to recreate Audrey Hepburn but to recreate Sabrina. And to me, that's exactly what she did.
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"...the 1995 remake of Sabrina casted an older and less beautiful actress."
That's funny. So Hepburn was younger. But the love interest - the Harrison Ford character - was also considerably older in the original movie. I think it was played by Humphrey Bogart.
So, as far as I'm concerned, the remake Ormond-Ford pairing was more believable and attractive to me as a viewer.
Loved the movie!
Sabrina -95 is an excellent remake, Ormond is just breathtaking !
Sure, maybe she is less beatiful than Audrey but plz, show me a woman who isnt ..
It doesnt bother me at all that Sabrina is soppose to be 18 years old (I think she was suppose to be it in the play first movie is build on..) The remake Sabrina isnt equal girlish as Hepburn Sabrina was anyway. Ormond is a self confident Woman when she return from Paris, Hepburn was still just the same lost girl.
I love both orginal Sabrina and the UNDERestimate remake !
Sorry for the bad english (if any) .. its not even my second language
I personally have to diasagree totally. I have seen both the remake and the original Sabrina, and to me Julia was the superior Sabrina. In the remake, there is really a significant transformation in Sabrina. We see her as the shy, almost stalkerish little girl, whose obsession with David is beyond all reason. She has sort of built him up in her mind like most sheltered, yet highly creative girls do with their would-be Prince Charming. I didn't get this from the orginal Sabrina. she was a bit unconcerned, and the whole Chef thing just underplayed her supposedly newfound sophistication even further. Bogey, one of the greatest actors in history also totally ruined the original with his disregard for the material and his total lack of affection for Hepburn. We don't feel that he is softened by her presence in his life, we don't feel that there is finally something that Linus actually has found he needs beyond everything else. Harrison conveys this not only convincingly, but his begrudging besottedness for Julia as Sabrina is effective and is played spot on. Ah, greg, I love Greg; he plays the one character I didn't have a problem with in either film. Kinear should have gotten his due credit years ago.
TO be honest, I thnk many people love the original so much because of the Iconic actors involved in the picture. It's like the Oceans Twelve of the '50's; we love the actors so much that we can't admit the the film was adequate at best, but in no way spectacular.
I also don't think you can compare Julia's beauty to Audrey's, although IMO, Julia wins hands down. I think also, some of us get blinded by Audrey almost otherowrldly perfect fashion sense, rather than her actual physical beauty.
"So, as far as I'm concerned, the remake Ormond-Ford pairing was more believable"
I don't find a rich 30 year old still being sheltered by dad and living at home terribly believable. Not impossible, but highly implausible.
After viewing the remake many times, I've come to the conclusion that Julia Ormand was perfect as Sabrina and even now I can't think of anyone that could capture the delicate charm of Julia in that role.
Unfortunately it seems like this Sabrina was forgotten...and not to mention its stars have already been forgotten (with the exception of Ford, although it seems he is more suited for action roles than anything else). In my opinion, after watching both movies, the original one wins simply because of Holden and Hepburn and the chemistry between them. It is interesting to note that Sabrina's dresses started its own fashion craze when the movie went out. The remake was a good effort, but Pollack's movie doesn't have the Wilder touch.
Julia is pretty, although Juliette Binoche in my opinion is better. But they both cannot compare to the beauty of Audrey Hepburn, who looks beautiful in anything, not just dresses, and even in her 60's, was incandescent.
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