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TIL that despite originating Eliza Doolittle on Broadway, Julie Andrews was passed over for the film version of My Fair Lady in favor of Audrey Hepburn because producer Jack L. Warner wanted “a name.” The next year, Andrews starred in The Sound of Music.

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