Who dares to interpret the legend of the legend and the beauty of the beauty audrey Hepburn on the screen?
In the past two decades, only one TV movie, "The Audrey Hepburn Story" (2000), has done so, and the results have not been satisfactory - it is difficult to restore Hepburn in terms of beauty, and it is even more difficult to convey her temperament, how can an actress do it?
"Audrey Hepburn's Story" is played by American actress Jennifer Love Hewitt, and most people think that hepburn's charm is lacking
Now, Luca Guadagnino, the "boldest" "artist", has taken over the task of shooting audrey Hepburn's biopic, which is expected to be released in 2023. At least in the matter of "beauty", we don't have to worry - people who have watched "Call Me by Your Name", "I Am Love", "Holiday Thriller" must be impressed by Guadagnino's excellent aesthetic taste (fashion, soundtrack, shots), although the Italian director's works are high and low, but beauty, delicacy and sensibility have always been highly appreciated.
The casting of the most important Hepburn has also been settled - Rooney Mara.
Sean Ferrer, Hepburn's son who also works as a director and producer, said: "I didn't know I was going to make a film like this, but Rooney was very enjoyable and felt that the work would be very loving. ”
This isn't the first time Rooney has been associated with Hepburn — in 2018 she became the face of Givenchy L'Interdit perfume, which was tailor-made for Hepburn when it was first introduced in 1957.
Hepburn wore Givenchy's little black dress into a classic, and Rooney's lean and restrained appearance and temperament always allowed her to highlight the most charming appearance under the simple black wrapping.
But for many viewers (both domestic and foreign), many people's first reaction is "Why not let Lily Collins, known as 'Little Hepburn', play?" ”
From the facial point of view, Lily Collins is probably the most like Hepburn at the moment, which is undoubted; but the point is that the character biopic is not cosplay, its success does not depend on the appearance, as long as the difference is not large, through the special effects makeup can achieve a certain degree of similarity, and more, but also consider the story communication and character performance. For example, Aunt May's "Iron Lady" and Gary Oldman's "Darkest Hour", no one before would think that Aunt May and Margaret Thatcher looked alike, and no one would think that Gary Oldman and Churchill had the slightest connection, but both of them won oscars and movie queens with their roles.
Aunt Mei in "The Iron Lady" and Aunt Mei who won the little golden man with this role
Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour and he won the Little Golden Man with the role
More exaggerated examples are "Big Devil" Cate Blanchett, who is not even the same gender as Bob Dylan, but still plays the legendary folk singer in "I'm Not There".
Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There and her for Vanity Fair
Perhaps, if it were a remake of Hepburn's version of Roman Holiday, Lily Collins would be better suited to play the role of such a bright princess; but director Guadagnino's work has always had a complex, changeable, tangled and obscure side, and in terms of temperament, Rooney is the closer candidate.
Collins is closest to Hepburn in terms of facial features as a whole, while Rooney is most similar to Hepburn in terms of eyebrows
As an actress, the most amazing thing about Rooney's acting skills is the creation of the atmosphere - she can completely hide herself in the role, seemingly silent, but each role conveys a sense of difference, span, difficulty, contrast, always make people think that she should take several small gold people (currently nominated twice).
Director David Finch is the Bole who excavated Rooney, and she only played a few small roles in the dragon set until she starred in David Finch's "Social Network", playing Zuckerberg's ex-girlfriend, and began to leave a footprint on the screen. The year after that, the director's other work made Rooney famous— The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
The original novel and the Swedish version of the film are in front of the pearl, the American version from the beginning of the casting is very intense, before considering Scarlett Johansson, Ellen Page, Kristen Stewart, Emma Watson and others, but the film's exposure and cruelty are very demanding on the actors, Rooney even began not to be in David Finch's selection, but after the audition she shocked the director, "She completely subverted my previous perception of her." ”
David Finch said he wanted an actor who served the character completely, and Rooney unreservedly "abandoned" himself, smoking, perfonching, shaving his eyebrows, and more importantly, the mysterious, weird, marginal feeling that only Rooney could play, "Rooney is the most layered... She's a weirdo, a great weirdo. ”
Just when many people equate her with "dark and cold", Rooney shows the opposite face with "Her" (2013), she plays Joaquin Phoenix's ex-wife, and the clip of the two people in love in the film is simply too sweet to repeat:
Because the picture of two people together is so beautiful, many people hope that if they can become a pair in reality, they did not expect that after the second cooperation of "Maria Magdalene", they were really together, engaged in 2019, born a son in 2020, and already have their own small family.
Another masterpiece that must be mentioned by Rooney is "Carol" (2015), which makes her known as the "little white rabbit", in which she plays Therese who is intoxicated with the "Big Devil" Cate Blanchett, a high-class noblewoman Carol, simple, cute, shy, and the girl with blinking eyes looks like a naïve little animal:
The look of sadness and tears is even more heartbreaking, and every slight change on the face is so sincere:
How could this be the same person as her in Dragon Tattoo?
Also from "Carol", influenced by the character modeling and the background of the times, many viewers feel that some of Rooney's angles and demeanor will always make people unconsciously think of Hepburn:
Outside the camera, Rooney is also very close to Hepburn, focused at work, low-key and simple personal life, and keen on charity - Hepburn, after fading out of the film world, as a UNICEF ambassador, even if he is physically handicapped, personally traveled to Africa to help the children there; while Rooney went to Nairobi, Kenya, to volunteer from new york university to help local orphans, and later set up a special foundation. Both people are people with the warmth of love in their hearts.
If this Hepburn biopic work itself can reach a certain degree of completion, Rooney is natural to rush the Olympics again, her acting skills are the best among the actresses of the same era, whether it is with a big film queen like Blanchett or a movie emperor like her husband, it will not be suppressed at all, but the favor of the award is always inseparable from the luck, we hope that Gua Dao can play stably this time, once again bringing works as touching as "Please Call Me by Your Name", Rooney's queen must be within reach.