Lily Collins to play Audrey Hepburn in film about making of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

Lily Collins is acceptable for her preservation astatine Tiffany’s.

The histrion volition play Audrey Hepburn successful a caller movie astir the making of the 1961 classical “Breakfast astatine Tiffany’s.” The movie is based connected the Sam Wasson publication “Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast astatine Tiffany’s, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman,” according to Variety.

Collins volition service arsenic a shaper of film, and Alena Smith, the creator of the Apple TV bid “Dickinson,” volition constitute the script.

Collins shared connected Instagram that she has “a beingness of admiration and adoration for Audrey,” and that the task has been successful improvement for astir 10 years.

“Honored and ecstatic don’t statesman to explicit however I feel,” Collins wrote.

“Breakfast astatine Tiffany’s” is adapted from Truman Capote’s novella by the aforesaid name. The movie follows socialite Holly Golightly (Hepburn) and her narration with Paul Varjak (George Peppard), a writer who moves into her building. The movie was nominated for 5 Academy Awards, including an acting motion for Hepburn.

According to Variety, the movie volition travel the pre-production of “Breakfast astatine Tiffany’s,” including Capote’s distaste for Hepburn (he wanted Marilyn Monroe to play Golightly). The film’s director, Blake Edwards; costume designer, Edith Head; and Capote volition look arsenic characters successful the film, though their casting has not been announced.

Collins is champion known for starring successful Netflix’s “Emily successful Paris,” arsenic good arsenic films including “The Blind Side,” “Love, Rosie” and “To the Bone.” Her accumulation company, Case Study Films, volition assistance nutrient the movie alongside Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment.