After seeing it on the Broadway stage GigiIn the following romantic holidays at the cinema, Billy Wilder was one of the first to notice all the promise of Audrey Hepburn’s androgynous charm.
In 1954, the director hired her to play the title role in his romantic comedy Sabrina. Opposite Humphrey Bogart, who is 30 years her senior, the actress perfects the film’s sinister ambiguity, telling the sentimental relationship between an innocent young beauty and a sophisticated Don Juan.
Three years later, Billy Wilder uses the same ingredients with Ariane, adapted from Claude Annette’s novel. Ariane, a Russian girl. The filmmaker is writing the script with IAL Diamond – marking the beginning of a legendary collaboration – to turn the love story of a naïve young girl and a cynical playboy into a comedy.
If the director hopes to connect Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant on the screen, the latter refuses the role, which belongs to Gary Cooper. Her age difference with her co-star (she was 55 at the time, he was 27) was considered shocking when the film was released, so it was generally poorly received by critics and the public.
Despite this, Ariadne It has gradually become a romantic comedy classic thanks to the duo of iconic Hollywood stars, a clever mix of humor and emotion, as well as its idyllic setting (Paris, the city of love). on AlloCine, Ariadne Holds a solid 4/5 viewer rating.
Ariadne By Billy Wilder with Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier…
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Source: Allocine
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