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Lily Collins to portray Audrey Hepburn in film centered on the making of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

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<p>Lily Collins is set to portray screen icon Audrey Hepburn in an upcoming film centered on the making of the classic movie <em>Breakfast at Tiffany’s</em>.</p><p>According to a report by <em>Variety</em>, Lily will star in the feature based on the book &quot;<em>Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman</em>&quot; by Sam Wasson.</p><p>In addition to taking on the lead role, the actress will also be a producer of the film.</p><p>On her Instagram page, Lily made a post as she celebrated this milestone in her career.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s with almost 10 years of development and a lifetime of admiration and adoration for Audrey that I&#x27;m finally able to share this. Honored and ecstatic don&#x27;t begin to express how I feel,&quot; she remarked.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-17" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DVG7l5XkQhm/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=607&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A17%2C%22os%22%3A5651164.5%2C%22ls%22%3A134176%2C%22le%22%3A134445.79999995232%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="927" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-17" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Fans online were quick to react to her post.</p><p>&quot;OH MY GOODNESS!!! The moment we&#x27;ve all been waiting for 🥹🫶🏻 Congratulations!!!! So beyond happy and excited for you 🤍,&quot; one fan commented.</p><p>&quot;THIS IS THE BEST THING EVEEER! YOU WERE BORN FOR THIS!!! ❤️❤️❤️&quot; another fan wrote.</p><p>Audrey was a British actress ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend of Classical Hollywood cinema. She is also one of the few performers to achieve EGOT status, having won an Academy Award, Emmy Award, Grammy Award, and Tony Award.</p><p>She starred in <em>Breakfast at Tiffany’s </em>alongside George Peppard and Patricia Neal in 1961. The movie follows &quot;a young New York socialite [who] becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way,&quot; as per its IMDb.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/12/15/lily-collins-says-motherhood-taught-her-to-let-go-of-career-perfectionism-0958" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: Lily Collins says motherhood taught her to let go of career perfectionism</strong></a></div><p>The movie received five Oscar nominations, including Best Actress for Audrey. It bagged two Oscar wins for Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture and Best Song for composer Henry Mancini.</p><p>Lily recently starred in the fifth season of <em>Emily in Paris</em>, which has been renewed for a sixth season.</p>