Lily at Tiffany’s.<\/p>\n
Lily Collins<\/a> is set to play\u00a0Audrey Hepburn<\/a> in an upcoming movie about the making of 1961’s classic film Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and she couldn’t be more excited about the role.<\/p>\n “It’s with almost 10 years of development,” she wrote alongside the announcement on Instagram<\/a> Feb. 23, “and a lifetime of admiration and adoration for Audrey that I\u2019m finally able share this. Honored and ecstatic don\u2019t begin to express how I feel\u2026”<\/p>\n The forthcoming film will be adapted by Dickinson’s Alena Smith, with the basis of the story coming from Sam Wasson’s\u00a02010 book Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman, which was released in 2010.<\/p>\n Though the Emily in Paris will soon don Audrey\u2019s iconic baby bangs on the big screen, she\u2019s previously shared glimpses<\/a> into how the Roman Holiday\u00a0actress has inspired her.<\/p>\n And ahead of Lily\u2019s casting, her father-in-law Malcolm McDowell\u2014Lily is married to his and\u00a0Mary Steenburgen\u2019s son Charlie McDowell\u2014detailed the shared qualities between her and the classic Hollywood legend.<\/p>\n