Ariana Grande Addresses Audrey Hepburn Biopic Hypothesis

Will Ariana Grande be stepping from Oz to a Roman vacation?

Talking with Entry Hollywood throughout the Nationwide Board of Assessment’s 2025 gala on Tuesday, Jan. 7, the actress and singer addressed whether or not she’d ever be open to taking part in display screen icon Audrey Hepburn in a biopic.

“Oh my goodness, why is everybody asking me this? You are insane!” joked the Depraved star, 31. “You are insane, you are insane, you are insane. You are insane. I like you.”

The query got here after the interviewer informed Grande she was “sort of channeling a bit of Audrey Hepburn” in her occasion trend as of late, to which Grande replied, “I’ve at all times cherished old-Hollywood glamour — like, Marilyn [Monroe] and Audrey have at all times been my references.”

“I’ve at all times gravitated towards ’50s, ’60s silhouettes, and retro classic … I can not even consider a time when that wasn’t my imaginative and prescient board. But it surely’s been extra enjoyable to have extra locations to essentially do this,” she informed the outlet. “My stylist, Mimi [Cuttrell], and I’ve been leaning all the way in which in.”

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A technique she has been leaning in is with the customized Loewe pastel pink backless satin robe she wore to Tuesday’s occasion, which featured a square-shaped bodice cinched on the waist. The structured sheath robe floated simply above Grande’s white rounded-toe pumps and matching pink satin scarf. She wore her blonde hair in a smooth excessive ponytail, her child bangs swooped to the facet.

Talking with Leisure Tonight, Grande equally spoke about her love for old-Hollywood model and mentioned about probably taking part in Hepburn, “That must be performed so effectively and so completely … I do not know,” including when the reporter informed her she might do it, “That is very variety.”

Rumors about Grande probably taking part in Hepburn have been buzzing amid a few of her model decisions as of late, together with Tuesday’s pink quantity, the metallic tea-length ball robe she rocked on the Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Pageant on Friday, Jan. 3 and the yellow costume she wore to the 2025 Golden Globe Awards two days later.

The latter ensemble was a Givenchy 1966 archive costume, which she and Cuttrell discovered, and was “yellow as a result of comply with the yellow brick street,” Grande informed Selection throughout the preshow. She additionally famous yellow was one in every of her Depraved character Glinda’s “favourite colours.”

In a launch concerning the look, an archivist at Givenchy shared, “The costume is pale-yellow silk with a hand-beaded bodice … from the epic Givenchy Haute Couture/Audrey Hepburn period … some of the essential unions between a designer and muse.”

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In the meantime, again in January 2022, Rooney Mara was confirmed to be forged as Hepburn in a biopic concerning the iconic Oscar-winning actress, from Luca Guadagnino (Challengers, Queer).

Although the movie’s plot was beneath wraps on the time, it was being written by Michael Mitnick. Mara, who has obtained Academy Award nominations for her work in The Lady with the Dragon Tattoo and Carol, was additionally set to provide the movie alongside Apple Studios, per Deadline.

Mara, 39, gave an replace on the challenge in an interview with Deadline in February 2024, saying that it was “not fully lifeless,” however had simply been delayed.

“Luca is not going to be directing it, however the challenge remains to be very a lot alive,” she mentioned on the time, including, “I can’t say greater than that proper now.”