Monday 18 May 2009

Anna Friel steps into Audrey's shoes

British actress Anna Friel is stepping into Audrey Hepburn's shoes to star in a West End stage adaption of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'.The 32-year-old will appear as Hepburn's character Holly Golightly in London's West End later this year - and the 'Pushing Daisies' actress is determined to put her own stamp on the role.She said: "I'm delighted to have been given the chance to play one of my all-time favorite heroines. Holly's a heroine for a lot of females because she doesn't follow the rules. My Holly will have a lot more rough edges than Audrey's."

New York City, 1943. William ‘Fred’ Parsons, a young writer from Louisiana, meets Miss Holly Golightly, a charming, vivacious and utterly elusive good-time girl. Everyone falls in love with Holly, including William - but he is poor, and Holly needs rich. Will she marry Rusty, playboy millionaire? Or José, the future president of Brazil? As war rages in Europe, Holly begins to fall in love with William - and then her past catches up with her…

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