Originally posted by: cutejodikangal
Fun fact: My Fair Lady was supposed to be done by Julie Andrews (of Sound Of Music) who was also the lead in the Broadway version of it, but was pregnant at the time and so it went to Audrey.
Julie wasn't pregnant. It would have been her first film - until then she was theater actress. They wanted a movie star so Audrey got the role even though her singing was then dubbed. Julie did Mary Poppins instead and won the Oscar.
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