hepburny: During the filming of Funny Face, the ‘beatnik’ interlude sequence occasioned

hepburny:During the filming of Funny Face, the ‘beatnik’ interlude sequence occasioned a dispute between Audrey and director, Stanley Donen. For her long and complex dance number set in a Paris café, Audrey  was to wear a black sweater and black leotards; to this outfit, she wanted to add black ballet slippers without socks. No, countered Donen, the effect of your dancing will be much diminished— he preferred that she wear white socks, the better to highlight her intricate steps against the dark, smoky background. This was her only dance number without Astaire, and he wanted viewers to see her every move. Audrey was astonished. “Absolutely not!” she cried. “It will spoil the whole black silhouette and cut the line at my feet!”“If you don’t wear the white socks,” Donen replied calmly, “you will fade into the background, there will be no definition to your movement and the dance sequence will be bland and dull.”She burst into tears and ran to her dressing room but later regained composure, wore the white socks, returned to the set and continued. After seeing the rough cut of the sequence, she wrote Donen a note: “You were right about the socks— Love, Audrey.” -- source link

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