Audrey Hepburn’s Son Reveals Why She ‘Might Cringe’ at New Biopic Starring Lily Collins

Late Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn will be the subject of a new film about the making of her 1961 classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s, but her son said she may have been uncomfortable with one aspect of the project.

After it was announced earlier this week that Emily in Paris star Lily Collins will play Hepburn in the upcoming film — which will be based on Sam Wasson’s book Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman — the late star’s son Sean Hepburn Ferrer revealed what his mother may have thought about the news.

“I believe that my mother might cringe at ‘Dawn of the modern woman,’” he told the Daily Mail in an article published Wednesday, February 25. “But she cringed at any compliment.”

Wasson’s 2010 book is credited as the first complete account of the making of one of Hepburn’s most famous films before she died in January 1993 at age 63.

“Sam Wasson is a friend, and I am thrilled for him,” Hepburn Ferrer, 65, added. “I wasn’t asked [to give input]. I’m happy to watch from the sidelines as long as they remain historically faithful.”

Collins, 36 — who many say bears a striking resemblance to the My Fair Lady star — shared the news with her Instagram followers on Monday.

“It’s with almost 10 years of development and a lifetime of admiration and adoration for Audrey that I’m finally able to share this,” Collins captioned her post. “Honored and ecstatic don’t begin to express how I feel…”

“Ten years in development seems a bit excessive but it was probably mostly due to Lily Collins’ schedule on Emily in Paris,” said Hepburn Ferrer, whose father is Hepburn’s first husband, the late Mel Ferrer.

As for the casting choice for his late mother, Hepburn Ferrer said of Collins: “Love her.”