
When Audrey Hepburn arrived in New York to film Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), s…
When Audrey Hepburn arrived in New York to film Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), she was nervous. The role of Holly Golightly—a charming but complicated party girl—was far from her usual elegant, refined characters. Truman Capote, who wrote the original story, had wanted Marilyn Monroe for the part and openly criticized the studio for casting Hepburn. […]