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Topics: Celebrity, TV And Film, Lily Collins
Rhiannon Ingle
Topics: Celebrity, TV And Film, Lily Collins
A brand-new biopic all about the life of cinematic icon Audrey Hepburn is in the works, starring none other than Emily in Paris' Lily Collins.
Hepburn, who died of a rare form of abdominal cancer at the age of 63 in 1993, starred in a number of box-office smashes, including Roman Holiday, My Fair Lady, Sabrina, and, arguably, her most famous film of all, Breakfast at Tiffany's.
While the biopic of the late Hollywood A-lister doesn't have a release date yet, it's clear there are already some 'concerns' surrounding it, with Hepburn's oldest son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer, now speaking out on the matter.
Hepburn shared Ferrer with her first husband, Mel Ferrer, who she was married from 1954 to 1968. She later welcomed her younger son, Luca Dotti, with Andrea Dotti, her husband from 1969 to 1982.
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Speaking to Woman's World about the upcoming movie, based on Sam Wasson's nonfiction book, Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman, Ferrer said: "I have to be honest, I’m very excited, because I like Lily very much.
"I’ve watched Emily in Paris as much as I could have."
With that said, however, he's yet to watch the latest season, adding: "I don’t think I can take that much. My teeth will fall out of my head."
While he clearly thinks highly of the 37-year-old actress set to play his beloved mother, Ferrer did outline a 'concern' he had over the biopic.
The 65-year-old humanitarian told the outlet: "My big concern, because I know [Wasson] quite well, is the making of it, because the whole thing revolves around one photograph of my mother standing on 5th Avenue."
"I’m not sure how you adapt that into a film and make it interesting," he added.
"There’s not a whole lot of drama."
Announcing her involvement in the project, Collins wrote on Instagram last month: "It’s with almost 10 years of development and a lifetime of admiration and adoration for Audrey that I’m finally able to share this. Honored and ecstatic don’t begin to express how I feel…"
Fans were quick to rush in and share their support for the actress with one writing: "Absolutely born for this! So happy for you."
"Congrats Lily!! You will be the perfect Audrey Hepburn! Same grace, same elegance and talent!" beamed a second.
And a third chimed in: "This is what you were BORN to do! Cannot wait!"
It's safe to say we're all very excited!