When Marilyn Monroe Lost Breakfast At Tiffany’s To Audrey Hepburn & Hollywood Was Never the Same
What made Marilyn Monroe reject Breakfast At Tiffany’s? (Photo Credit – Prime Video)
Few cinematic pairings feel as fated as Audrey Hepburn and Holly Golightly. The little black dress, the cigarette holder and that early-morning bagel outside Tiffany’s have etched into pop culture like diamonds on glass.
But behind this picture-perfect casting lies one of Hollywood’s great almosts. Yes, a version of Breakfast at Tiffany’s where Marilyn Monroe, not Hepburn, steps into Holly’s stilettos. It’s the kind of what-if that keeps film lovers tossing and turning, imagining an entirely different tone through Blake Edwards’ 1961 adaptation.
3/24/1955-New York, NY
Novelist Truman Capote having some difficulty holding the attention of actress Marilyn Monroe while dancing at the El Morocco.
Capote had Monroe in mind for Holly Golightly in “Breakfast At Tiffany’s,” & famously disliked Hepburn in the role. pic.twitter.com/u1yzTFdEps
— G-Man (@GMan23677156) March 20, 2024
Marilyn Monroe’s Holly...
Few cinematic pairings feel as fated as Audrey Hepburn and Holly Golightly. The little black dress, the cigarette holder and that early-morning bagel outside Tiffany’s have etched into pop culture like diamonds on glass.
But behind this picture-perfect casting lies one of Hollywood’s great almosts. Yes, a version of Breakfast at Tiffany’s where Marilyn Monroe, not Hepburn, steps into Holly’s stilettos. It’s the kind of what-if that keeps film lovers tossing and turning, imagining an entirely different tone through Blake Edwards’ 1961 adaptation.
3/24/1955-New York, NY
Novelist Truman Capote having some difficulty holding the attention of actress Marilyn Monroe while dancing at the El Morocco.
Capote had Monroe in mind for Holly Golightly in “Breakfast At Tiffany’s,” & famously disliked Hepburn in the role. pic.twitter.com/u1yzTFdEps
— G-Man (@GMan23677156) March 20, 2024
Marilyn Monroe’s Holly...
- 4/29/2025
- by Arunava Chakrabarty
- KoiMoi
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