"I was not aware": Audrey Hepburn's son responds to casting choice
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An upcoming biopic focusing on the life of Audrey Hepburn </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/rooney-mara-to-play-audrey-hepburn-in-new-biopic/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">has revealed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> who will bring the classic film star to life - and Hepburn's son has since weighed in on the decision.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The news broke that American actress Rooney Mara (</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">) has made a deal to portray Hepburn in the future film from </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Call Me By Your Name </span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">director Luca Guadagnino in early January, as Mara prepares for a role in Guilermo del Toro's </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nightmare Alley</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sean Ferrer, Hepburn's son, told </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fox News</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> he had no idea about the upcoming project.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"I was not aware of the project," he told the outlet.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Rooney is a delight. Sounds like there is a lot of love there.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ferrer has spent much of his life keeping his mother’s legacy and memory alive since her passing in 1993 from cancer.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2020, Ferrer and his wife, Karin, wrote </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Little Audrey’s Daydream</em>, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">a children’s book that followed Hepburn’s rocky childhood in Holland during the war and her dreams of becoming a Hollywood star.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speaking to </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fox News</span> <a rel="noopener" href="https://nypost.com/2022/01/10/audrey-hepburns-son-responds-to-rooney-maras-biopic-casting/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">at the time</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Ferrer said his favourite moment with his mother was “anytime I made her laugh”.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s one of the greatest things you can take from any relationship if you can make someone laugh and give them that moment of sunshine,” he said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“But there are many moments I think about.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think about when she drove me to the airport and I left to do my first job. I was walking through security and when I turned around, there were tears coming down her face. As a parent and having been through it, I now understand.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“But I take great comfort in those moments when I simply made her laugh.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hepburn was known for her roles in </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Breakfast at Tiffany's</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">My Fair Lady</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Charade</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>,</em> and </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sabrina</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>,</em> and she received a Grammy award posthumously in 1994, making her the fifth person to receive an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though the plot of the new film is still </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/rooney-mara-audrey-hepburn-apple-luca-guadagnino-1235148712/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">under wraps</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Apple has backed the project, with </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>The Giver</em></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>’s</em> Michael Mitnick writing the script and Mara producing.</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Images: Getty Images</span></em></p>
