Carey Mulligan in My Fair Lady Movie Musical

According to screenwriter Emma Thompson.

>>The most recent rumors have suggested that Carey Mulligan and Hugh Grant were being courted for the lead roles, although Mulligan denied the reports a few months back. Things seem to have changed, however; Emma Thompson, who's written the screenplay for the film, was at the premiere of her latest film, the family sequel "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang," last night, and confirmed some of these reports. Speaking to the BBC on the red carpet, she said that "I think Carey is set to play [the role], yes."<<<


Carey Mulligan Will Take The Lead In 'My Fair Lady'; Hugh Grant Still A Maybe

I would LOVE if this were true!!!!

This is perfect!! Love Carey...she's a fantastic choice.

This would actually make me excited about this. I thought she was just marvelous in "An Education."

What a stupid, stupid, stupid idea. Who are they making this movie for? It's something that clearly doesn't need a remake; it's doomed to artistic failure (or, at least, indifference) and it's not going to be a big commercial success in this day and age.

EXCELLENT CHOICE! Loved her in An Education!!

I absolutely love her and now will actually look forward to this.

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Seeing Music & Lyrics (guilty pleasure), Hugh Grant does have a singing voice but nothing that could ever invoke the idea of Henry Higgins. I would love Hugh Laurie and I even liked that Daniel Craig idea.

Ah Sally Sparrow, is there nothing you can't do? I'm excited about this, but will reserve getting too happy until it is the day of filming.

Let's hope things work out with Hugh Grant. I think he'd be marvelous in the role...and sexy, too!

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The problem is that they won't dub. For some reason, modern movie musicals just seem to refuse to dub (with the exception of Carlotta in PotO).

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What a wonderful choice. Mulligan is a brilliant actress with the aura and elegance of the late great Audrey Hepburn. Her performance in An Education should have been taken more seriously at the Oscars (ditto Gaborey Sidibe). As far as Hugh Grant goes he was absolutely wonderful in Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral and I see why he would be a good choice because of his upper middle class wit and his intelligent humor. I however think he has this charm and modesty which is definitely not a trait of Higgins. Colin Firth would be wonderful but he is doing a very similar movie about speech called the King's Speech. He plays King George VI who works with a speech therapist to fix his stutter. The speech therapist is played by Geoffrey Rush who I think would be brilliant as Henry Higgins. Not only does he resemble Rex Harrison he has excellent speech and is a dynamic presence in everything he is in. At least we will see him in a Higgin-esqe role next year.

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Oh dear God (and I'm an atheist) this is so wrong on so many levels. Hugh Grant is a boy. No matter if he's 45, he's a boy. The role calls for a MAN. Like Geoffry Rush or Hugh Laurie. Men in their 50s to 60s who look like they have traveled the world collecting obscure accents, not spent the last three decades in a drawing room. Hugh Grant is a fop. You know, even Ian MacKellan, ten years ago, would have been right for the role. Rex Harrison was 50 when he first played the role. He had been in the theatre for forty years by then, having been the biggest of matinee idols (The called him Sexy Rexy) in the early 1030s.

Hugh Grant is all wrong and too light weight. There is no malice in him. No evil. Higgins is a prick, he treats Eliza like dirt. Grant trying to play him will look like a snit.

And as for Colin Firth - another fine actor - if you tried to sit through Mama Mia the Movie, you'll know why he's wrong.

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