Audrey Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Ann in Roman Holiday. Pretty remarkable considering it was her first starring role in a major motion picture. Cary Grant turned down Gregory Peck's role, thinking he was too old. Then he co-starred with her in Charade. It's amazing what an Oscar will do.I'm pretty lukewarm on Hepburn myself. She comes off so cold and, often, disinterested. I know a lot of people like her and I can kind of imagine why and it's probably that she seemed aloof and too cool for school. The exact reason I could probably live without her.
Rewatching Breakfast at Tiffanys, I can't help feel a bit disappointed considering I've read the novella since and there's so much missing and changed, most importantly the over Hollywoodization of the story: The perfect ending and all the love mumbo jumbo.
Also, "Moon River" absolutely kills this movie. It's the worst fucking song and they jam it down our throats at every turn as if it was the greatest song ever. Like we should fall in love with it and they want us to fall in love with Hepburn's Holly Golightly, who is generally unloveable.
Hepburn would never win another Academy Award, although these films were just the start of her distinguished career. These two films probably capture her at her most distinct.
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