Keira Knightley is MY FAIR LADY

A while back, we posted a Fantasy Cast discussion piece regarding who should be cast in the role of Eliza Doolittle in the remake of MY FAIR LADY. Yeah, this was was more or less for the ladies, but news just hit that the decision has been made and the role goes to Keira Knightley, who apparently won out over her main competition being Scarlett Johansson. Scar-Jo is great, but with all due respect, would not have been right for the role. While I’m not the biggest fan on Knightley, she certainly does have the look and sensibility, but she’ll have a hard time coming anywhere near to being as right for the role as Audrey Hepburn was… a nearly impossible feat to achieve.

Knightley apparently had to fight for the role, but ultimately fit the bill. She’d already begun taking singing lessons last year around the time she auditioned. The script is being written by Emma Thompson and word is that Daniel Craig is being considered as a possible candidate for playing Professor Henry Higgins… yeah, that was my reaction as well. Nothing against Craig. He’s great in what he does, but not what I pictured for this role.

Source: Telegraph.Co.Uk