Keira Knightley and Others Pull Out of My Fair Lady

Okay, this is a total bummer.

Keira Knightley will not be playing the role of Eliza Doolittle in the movie adaptation of My Fair Lady, according to UK reports.

Knightley had been in talks with the producers of the movie about taking on the role but reportedly pulled out as she thought that it was taking too long to start production. Directors such as Joe Wright and Danny Boyle had been linked with the movie but have also pulled out.

Someone up high apparently dropped the ball.  I was really looking forward to Keira as Eliza!

My Fair Lady News and Rumors

Keira Knightley, as you know, won the role of Eliza Doolittle in a new film adaptation of “My Fair Lady.”

Joe Wright will direct the much-anticipated movie. Wright worked with Keira in “Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement.” He’s obviously one of the best directors in the business.

Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) is writing the screenplay.

This is really exciting, too: Daniel Craig is now being mentioned as a possibility to play Professor Henry Higgins! Daniel Craig and Keira Knightley on screen at the same time… makes my knees weak!

Keira Knightley is Officially Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady

The Telegraph out of UK is reporting that Keira Knightley was up against Scarlett Johansson for the role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and had now officially won the part.

They’re also reporting that Joe Wright, who worked with Knightley on ATONEMENT, will step in to direct the film after his upcoming film, INDIAN SUMMER, was put on hold by Universal.

My Fair Lady is based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion and features a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The original Broadway production opened on March 15, 1956, ran for over six years and won nine Tony Awards, including one for Best Musical. The score contains such Broadway classics as “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “On the Street Where You Live,” “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” and “Get Me to the Church on Time.”

The musical was adapted for the screen in 1963, directed by George Cukor, and cast the wonderfu and beautiful Audrey Hepburn as Eliza and the equally wonderful and beautiful Rex Harrison as Higgins! My Fair Lady won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.

For great pictures of Keira Knightley, please see our gallery.  There has never been a more beautiful actress!