Warner Brothers paid $5.5 million for the film rights and didn't want to risk a stage actress in the main role of such an expensive project despite Julie Andrews having made the part her own on stage. Audrey Hepburn was no singer so Marni Nixon recorded the songs before hand in case Audrey couldn't sing. A decision wasn't going to be made until editing which made Audrey nervous during filming of the 18 week shoot. Rex Harrison, who'd been cast from the stage version demanded to sing live on set to improve his performance. Audrey agonised over the grubby costumes of the Cockney waif when told that her singing would be dubbed. Jack Warner is reported to have said for a million dollars (her fee) you've enough to sing about.

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