And what, pray tell, has Ruppert Everett been that has been of any note, recently? Sounds like a pretty useless actor to me. He sounds like a Julie Andrews fan who would try to bring Julie up by putting Audrey down.

If Rupert Everett said that, I couldn't agree more with him.

Rupert Everett doesn't like anyone though.

Audrey can act. I just think she was over-rated and for the roles she played, she did o.k. but I don't hold her as an actress in an overly high esteem though I have nothing but admiration for her as a person. She certainly did what she could for people and that is wonderful.
I think she's the saddest girl ever to hold a martini.

"she certainly wasn't the best or even near it in her performances"
This was the sentence I refer to and I would ask the same of Everett and Thompson. I am fine with the idea that there might have been a better Elizabut the comments have been that Hepburn could not generally act . That just isn't true.

The subject was in reference to My Fair Lady, not Sabrina or Princess Anne. I thought she did a fine job in Sabrina. My point is, I think she is over-rated.
I think she's the saddest girl ever to hold a martini.

Please tell me who would have acted a better Sabrina or a better Princess Anne in Roman Holiday.

I've seen My Fair Lady at a state theatre and the actress who played it there played it better than Audrey Hepburn. I realize she is a beloved figure in cinema but she certainly wasn't the best or even near it in her performances.
I think she's the saddest girl ever to hold a martini.

Everett doesn't seem really to like the material perhapsbecause the stage version would have been static and contained Beatons costumes as well.
Emma's poor choice of criticism sounds blatantly more self-serving since she is writing the remake.
Both are wrong about Audreyshe was a fine actress whose work shoneeven for those who did not find her to be the best choice for MFL.

I so agree with your statements. It's outrageous!
I think she's the saddest girl ever to hold a martini.

tigerbosI'm sorry. Perhaps I didn't read everything thoroughly. Yes, you're right. Kate definitely had a few unkind words to say about Meryl. I love both Kate H. and Meryl5b4 Streep, so, I feel a bit of congnitive disonance in liking Meryl (not really, just joking). Yes, I don't recall any kind of backlash against K. Hepburn for saying those things about Meryl (although, I think I read her thoughts about Meryl when Kate was in her 90's, or perhaps already gone. I don't know, however, if that was actually also the time period in which she made them; or, if she voiced her views right near the beginning of Meryl's career). ANYWAY, though I don't recall a blacklash against K. Hepburn for her outspoken views on Meryl's talent, or "lack thereof", in her opinion, people are treating Emma Thompson just as she herself said"as if she drowned a basket of kittens". It's preposterous.

No it isn't. This thread is about Ruppert Everett not liking Audrey Hepburn. I'm aware that it's not about Kate Hepburn. The OP and I were discussing can people not like Emma Thompson as well as Audrey Hepburn despite the fact that Emma doesn't fancy Audrey. I was comparing the fact that Kate didn't like Meryl Streep either but that didn't detract me from liking both of them.
I think she's the saddest girl ever to hold a martini.

tigerbos:
this thread is about Audrey Hepburn, not Kate Hepburn (a Queen).liking both Emma Thompson (who's not too fond of Audrey's acting) and Audrey Hepburn.
I like Audrey Hepburn, but I do think her talent was way overrated. As for me, I adore Emma, and adore Katharine Hepburn.

Yes I do. Kate Hepburn was vocal that she did not like Meryl Streep's work (too cerebral she implied) and I love both their work so I guess it certainly is possible.
I think she's the saddest girl ever to hold a martini.

Because I certainly do
They're both talented and authentic in their own way.
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Oh I guess all those haters of Emma Thompson because she said she didn't fancy Audrey Hepburn are now rushing over to Ruppert Everett's IMDB page to chew him a new beep
I think she's the saddest girl ever to hold a martini.