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Article: THE REBEL, THE ROYALIST: AMC'S BACKSTORY" TAKES A CANDID LOOK AT AUDREY HEPBURN.(DAILY BREAK)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- June 25, 1999
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Byline: Larry Bonko
SHE WAS THE Calista Flockhart of her time. Waifish.
When director William Wyler in 1953 asked the all but totally unknown Audrey Hepburn to star in ``Roman Holiday,'' she was flabbergasted.
``I could dance a little. But act in movies? Good gracious, no.''
Sunday at 9:30 p.m., AMC's ``Backstory'' saunters behind the scenes of the movie for three fascinating subplots.
At 10, AMC runs ``Roman Holiday,'' for which Hepburn won an Oscar.
Backstory No. 1 is how Wyler saw in Hepburn the potential for stardom at a time when Hollywood worshiped the voluptuousness of Marilyn Monroe. Hepburn sparkles in her ...