“She was not only close with (director) Blake(Edwards) but also very close with Julie(Andrews), even though there were stories written about the struggles over My Fair Lady. Just to give you a touch, when she was finally offered the role, she invited all of the executives to dinner at the house. They were all very excited because they thought they would sit down and she would announce she would take the part. She spent the entire dinner convincing them that Julie was better for the part, because she had done the play. It was only until she had exhausted any chance that they might hire her, that opted to take the part.” - Sean Hepburn Ferrer

allaboutjulie:

  After my beautiful ball gown was made ready for the show, Beaton requested a photo session with me. I tried to give it all - leaning against the balustrade in his studio as gracefully as I could, while he took lots of pictures.
  ‘Lovely, lovely, lovely,’ he murmured in a slightly bored voice, his camera clicking continuously. The again, ‘Lovely… yes, lovely.’ 
I thought maybe I was making some headway and beginning to impress.
‘Now give me a profile. Yes. Now look at the camera. Lovely!… Of course, you are the most hopelessly unphotogenic person I have ever met.’ - Julie Andrews on Cecil Beaton (HOME A Memoir of My Early Years)

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My Fair Lady