Dame Julie Andrews was the first choice for the role of Eliza Doolittle, but Warner Brothers, which had paid $5.5 million for the rights to the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical, didn't want to risk a stage actress in the central role of a $17 million movie, despite lobbying from Lerner himself. However, this reason has been strongly doubted by those who believe audiences would have flocked to see the movie regardless of who played the leading role. It is also reported that producer Jack L. Warner didn't think Andrews would be photogenic enough. He invited her to do a screentest, but she refused, so he forgot about her altogether.

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