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4:54 pm - 02/25/2013

Audrey Hepburn Stars in New Chocolate Ad


Audrey Hepburn is set to take our screens by storm once again this weekend, over fifty years after her heyday, in a new chocolate advert.

Cinema's finest star is brought back to life thanks to clever use of computer generated imagery in the new commercial from Galaxy.

The clip will debut this Sunday during ITV's Mr Selfridge and is set during the 1950s on Italy’s Amalfi Coast, conjuring up hints of Hepburn's classic movie roles - including 1953's Roman Holiday, for which she won an Oscar.

The ad uses the soundtrack Moon River, the Academy Award-winning song written for the actress and first performed in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. It also features a custom-made vintage polka dot dress.

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Edit: from a different article
This time, Hepburn’s sons, who control her estate, authorised the use of her image, for which they will have received a fee. Sean Ferrer and Luca Dotti say their mother would be “proud” of her new role, adding in a press release that she “often spoke about her love of chocolate and how it lifted her spirit”.
ohkimosabe 25th-Feb-2013 11:02 pm (UTC)
such a beauty. i love breakfast at tiffany's but didn't know the song moon river was written for her, i'm dumb lol.
psubookworm27 26th-Feb-2013 12:38 am (UTC)
The execs wanted to take it out and she fought for it to stay in with an "Over my dead body!" or similar. And then it goes on to win an Oscar. womp womp.
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