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Dis anyone else ever notice....

posted 12 years ago by dish55
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...that Audrey Hepburn isn't any good in this role? I'm not talking about the singing - that topic has been beaten to death since 1964. I am talking about her acting, her interpretation of the role. To put it bluntly, she is inadequate. As a Cockney she is stiff and theatrical and once she turns into a lady she doesn't even bother to use a British accent, she just talks like, well, Audrey Hepburn. And what's with the hoity-toity accent at the Ascott? Whether it was her choice or Cukor's it is all wrong for the scene. I love AH in everything else, but she falls flat on her face in this one.

[–] BillK-5 9 years ago

Her acting was, to me perfect, so in my case, no, I didn't notice.

[–] audreysoldier 9 years ago

I laughed a lot with Audrey Hepburn in this movie.

"Over my dead body!" (Audrey Hepburn).

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[–] Mayesgwtw39 9 years ago

I would rather have Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins than Eliza.

She MADE that film. Both films are wonderful.

And for those who claim MFL is stage-bound. So what? A faithful, entertaining record of what made Broadway and London go nuts about a stage play is a miracle to have.

As for the film's Eliza...

Nobody could beat Hepburn coming down those stairs on the way to the embassy ball. Cinematically she translated it all at that moment.

The right choices were made.