{"id":307721,"date":"2026-02-24T13:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/307721\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:04:07","slug":"lily-collins-will-play-audrey-hepburn-in-a-new-drama-about-the-making-of-breakfast-at-tiffanys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/307721\/","title":{"rendered":"Lily Collins Will Play Audrey Hepburn in a New Drama About the Making of \u2018Breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you, like me, are an Emily in Paris apologist, then you\u2019ll know how frequently that hapless Midwestern marketing executive, as played by the sprite-like Lily Collins, cosplays Audrey Hepburn<\/a>. There she is, skipping down the stairs of the Palais Garnier in a black ball gown like Funny Face\u2019s gamine Jo Stockton; wandering through cobblestone streets in a neckerchief like Roman Holiday\u2019s Princess Ann; swaddled in plush knits on the slopes in the style of Charade\u2019s Regina Lampert; and sporting a giant hat and floor-length showstopper in a tribute to My Fair Lady\u2019s Eliza Doolittle.<\/p>\n

But, what about Breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s, Hepburn\u2019s best-known and still most-obsessed-over entry to the canon of the most stylish films of all time<\/a>? Well, now it seems Collins is finally donning that black dress, giant diamond necklace, long gloves, and sunglasses\u2014and it\u2019s not for the Netflix smash hit, either. No, she\u2019s about to play Hepburn herself in a new movie about the making of the Givenchy-filled romance.<\/p>\n

Based on Sam Wasson\u2019s best-selling Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman, which tells the behind-the-scenes story of the film\u2019s production, the release will be penned by Alena Smith, the creator of Apple TV+\u2019s Dickinson.<\/p>\n

The book\u2019s log line states that it \u201cgoes beyond the legend to explore the woman inside the little black dress and the film that captured the imagination of the nation\u00a0\u00a0in 1961\u2014when the staid propriety of the Eisenhower years gave way to the glamorous modernity of the Kennedys. With a colorful cast of characters including Truman Capote, Edith Head, Givenchy, \u2018Moon River\u2019 composer Henry Mancini, and, of course, the iconic Audrey Hepburn herself, Wasson immerses us in the America of the late fifties and early sixties before Woodstock and birth control, when an alluring, not-so-virginal girl by the name of Holly Golightly melted hearts, raised eyebrows, and forever transformed Americans\u2019 notions of fashion, film, sex and culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collins confirmed the news on her Instagram, writing: \u201cIt\u2019s with almost 10 years of development and a lifetime of admiration and adoration for Audrey that I\u2019m finally able to share this. Honored and ecstatic don\u2019t begin to express how I feel\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

The Golden Globe and Emmy nominee is producing the project alongside her husband, Charlie McDowell, but other questions remain. Who, for instance, will play a young Hubert de Givenchy? Or the formidable Edith Head? Or the grouchy Capote? (Is Feud: Capote vs. The Swans\u2019s<\/a> Tom Hollander still available?) And what about the glorious costuming\u2014not just the LBD, but the bow-laden hats, the off-duty denim, the perfect trench, the retina-searing orange coat, pink cocktail dress, et al? A fashion fantasia surely awaits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you, like me, are an Emily in Paris apologist, then you\u2019ll know how frequently that hapless Midwestern…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96228,146,85,46,17731],"class_list":["post-307721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-audrey-hepburn","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lily-collins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}