What we expect to see in the Audrey Hepburn biopic starring Rooney Mara

The resemblance is undeniable. Although many also bet on the actress Lily Collins (Emily in Paris), has been Rooney Mara, 36, the one chosen to give life to an icon of cinema and fashion, Audrey Hepburn, in the autobiographical film he is preparing Apple Studios and it will be led by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name). While the story is still in development, it is expected to further delve on the personal life and humanitarian work of the star who passed away in 1993, aged 63, due to cancer.

“I wasn’t aware of the project,” he said. Sean Hepburn Ferrer, 61 years old and Audrey’s son, when the news was released. “Rooney is a delight. There seems to be a lot of love there.”

Hepburn is remembered for her performances in such classics as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, My Fair Lady, Wait Until Dark, Charade Y Sabrina. During her four-decade career, Hepburn garnered Emmy, Oscar, Tony and Grammy Awards, the last of which she received posthumously for Best Spoken Word Album for Children. Too She was an ambassador to UNICEF to help children in Africa, South America and Asia, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992.

Away from public life, his childhood was full of conflicts, as the actress and dancer grew up in the Netherlands during World War II, when the Germans occupied the country. He used the name Edda van Heemstra, as an English-sounding name was considered more dangerous during the German occupation. Study ballet with Sonia Gaskell in Amsterdam in 1945, and later began as a chorus girl in London’s West End.

His first leading role was in A Roman Holiday (1953); He won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Bafta Award for the same performance. That year she also won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play for her performance in Ondine.

“When something like that happens to you, it comes with a whole paraphernalia. Everyone wants to interview you and I was new to all that, I said yes to everything. I received the Oscar award so soon that I couldn’t take in what had happened”, Hepburn herself is heard commenting in the documentary Audrey: More than an Icon, available in Ecuador through Star Plus.

Perhaps this interpretation will allow Mara to achieve the same award, since so far she has only been nominated twice for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and Carol (2015). Among his most recent projects is the thriller Nightmare Alley, directed by Guillermo del Toro, and which opens this Thursday the 27th in theaters nationwide.

a peaceful life

Unlike other celebrities, Hepburn was characterized by discretion and cordiality in her public appearances. Although this resulted in a life and career without scandals, it could mean a conflict to engage the audience in an autobiographical drama.

However, in addition to the Apple Studios film, last year it became known that also working on a series about the actress by Jacqueline Hoyt (The Good Wife Y The Underground Railroad). This story is inspired by the memoirs of Luca Dotti, son of Hepburn, and the Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti. The premiere date or who will play it has not yet been confirmed.