An Education star Carey Mulligan will play the lead role of Eliza Doolittle in a movie remake of My Fair Lady . The film’s writer, Emma Thompson , confirmed Mulligan, 24, for the role at the London premiere of her new movie, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang . She said to BBC 5 Live that Mulligan will take on the role of Doolittle, but a lead male is yet to be cast. Hugh Grant has been rumored to be in line for the role, but nothing has yet been confirmed. Thompson, who starred in the movie Love Actually with Grant, said she would ‘love him to do it’ but it has not yet been decided. The movie is set for release in 2012 and is being directed by John Madden, who has previously directed Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and Shakespeare in Love .
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Carey Mulligan Is Eliza Doolittle
