"I was not aware": Audrey Hepburn's son responds to casting choice
An upcoming biopic focusing on the life of Audrey Hepburn has revealed who will bring the classic film star to life - and Hepburn's son has since weighed in on the decision.
The news broke that American actress Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) has made a deal to portray Hepburn in the future film from Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino in early January, as Mara prepares for a role in Guilermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley.
Sean Ferrer, Hepburn's son, told Fox News he had no idea about the upcoming project.
"I was not aware of the project," he told the outlet.
“Rooney is a delight. Sounds like there is a lot of love there.”
Ferrer has spent much of his life keeping his mother’s legacy and memory alive since her passing in 1993 from cancer.
In 2020, Ferrer and his wife, Karin, wrote Little Audrey’s Daydream, a children’s book that followed Hepburn’s rocky childhood in Holland during the war and her dreams of becoming a Hollywood star.
Speaking to Fox News at the time, Ferrer said his favourite moment with his mother was “anytime I made her laugh”.
“It’s one of the greatest things you can take from any relationship if you can make someone laugh and give them that moment of sunshine,” he said.
“But there are many moments I think about.
“I think about when she drove me to the airport and I left to do my first job. I was walking through security and when I turned around, there were tears coming down her face. As a parent and having been through it, I now understand.
“But I take great comfort in those moments when I simply made her laugh.”
Hepburn was known for her roles in Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady, Charade, and Sabrina, and she received a Grammy award posthumously in 1994, making her the fifth person to receive an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award.
Though the plot of the new film is still under wraps, Apple has backed the project, with The Giver’s Michael Mitnick writing the script and Mara producing.
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