Actress Keira "Pride And Prejudice" Knightley will play 'Eliza Doolittle' in the upcoming remake of the 1964 classic musical “My Fair Lady”.
The original movie was based on the musical “My Fair Lady”, adapted from the play "Pygmalion" by author George Bernard Shaw, in turn inspired by a play by the Greek author Ovid.
The new screenplay is written by Emma "Sense And Sensibility" Thompson. "...In London, 'Henry Higgins', an arrogant, irascible, misogynistic professor of phonetics, believes that it is the accent and tone of one's voice which determines a person's prospects in society.
He boasts to a new acquaintance, 'Colonel Hugh Pickering', himself an expert in phonetics, that he can teach any woman to speak so "properly" that he could pass her off as a duchess at an embassy ball, citing, as an example, a young flower seller called 'Eliza Doolittle', who has a strong Cockney accent.
Eliza later goes to Higgins seeking speech lessons, her great ambition to work in a flower shop, but her thick working-class accent makes her unsuitable for such a position. All she can afford to pay is a shilling per lesson, whereas Higgins is used to training wealthier members of society. Pickering, who is staying with Higgins, is intrigued by the idea and bets Higgins all the expenses that he will not be able to do it.
Inspired by the challenge, Higgins accepts..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek a clip supporting the 1964 feature "My Fair Lady"...
