Which Actress Should Bring Eliza Doolittle Back to the Screen?

By: Brodie
8.31.2009

Rumblings of Columbia's plans to revive the 1964 feature My Fair Lady have the revamp sounding like a masterful musical in the making.

But what talented young starlet
will be cast as the Cockney flower girl in need of English tutelage,
among other things, Eliza Doolittle -- lovingly remembered as one of
Audrey Hepburn's most winning performances?

The
A-list remake is rumored to be torn between two major young talents:
Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley for the lead role. Knightley has
been associated with the part for a few years, even working with a
vocal coach to prepare for the musical, but producers were impressed by
Johansson's vocal stylings on her debut album

Tell us: Who could you see best representing the charming poor English girl who learns to behave as a lady? Knightley? Scar-Jo? That amazing Anne Hathaway?


It's been reported that Danny Boyle, the director behind last year’s Best Picture Oscar winner, Slumdog Millionaire, is shelving his next project, about a teenage assassin, to instead helm the classic musical’s remake with a fresh script from Sense and Sensibility's
award-winning scribe, Emma Thompson. 

Bonus: What haughty hunk would you like to see inhabit the role of professor Henry Higgins? Collin Firth? Hugh Dancy? Lee Pace? Hugh Jackman would be dandy, obviously...

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