When “My Fair Lady” was taken from Broadway to Hollywood in 1964, Audrey Hepburn was cast to replace then-unknown Julie Andrews.
What they, in their haste, failed to take into consideration was the fact that Audrey’s Soprano was nothing like Julie’s Soprano!
When she attempted to sing “Just You Wait (Henry Huggins)”, Audrey couldn’t reach any of the high notes in the middle of the song. Even after intensive vocal coaching she just couldn’t nail the notes. Producers had to dub in singer Marni Nixon as Audrey lipsynched 90% of all her singing parts. For the sake of continuity, almost every one else in “My Fair Lady” faked his or her way through the songs, too.
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