Thomasin McKenzie and Ansel Elgort are set to star in the biopic Wayfarer Dinner With Audrey

The upcoming biopic from Wayfare Studios, featuring Ansel Elgort and Thomasin McKenzie. dinner with audrey, We’ll delve into the enchanting, decades-long friendship between movie icon Audrey Hepburn and legendary French fashion designer Count Hubert de Givenchy.

Hyde Park Entertainment and Mad Chance Productions are also involved in the upcoming project, Which will star Mackenzie (known as… Jojo rabbit and Last night in Soho(as Hepburn and Elgort)West Side Story, Tokyo Vice) as de Givenchy.

Directed by Abby Sylvia, Dinner with Aubrey The exhibition will focus on a fashion-filled night in Paris, where a pivotal dinner sparked a 40-year collaboration between designer de Givenchy and British actress Aubrey Hepburn. The film’s release date and synopsis are still awaited.

Through their collaboration, de Givenchy managed Hepburn’s wardrobe for famous films including… Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Funny faceand Sabrina. He even designed the dress she wore to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1954 Roman holiday.

Thomasin McKenzie and Ansel Elgort star in Wayfarer’s Audrey Hepburn Biopic Dinner with Audrey

Mackenzie is widely known for her breakout performance as Elsa in Taika Waititi’s Oscar-winning film Jojo rabbit (2019), and the lead role in the psychological horror film Last night in Soho (2021). Ansel Elgort is known for playing many titular characters.

His performance in Child driver (2017) Received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor. He also appeared as Tony in the Steven Spielberg musical West Side Story (2021) and led the popular crime series Tokyo Vice. However, Elgort’s career path was challenged in June 2020 when a woman, known publicly as Gabby, made an online accusation of sexual assault.

Ansel Elgort issued a statement shortly afterwards denying the assault allegation. These allegations were never proven in a court of law, and no criminal charges were ever brought. In response to the assault allegation. Tokyo Vice The star issued the following statement in a social media post:

“I’ve never assaulted anyone. The truth is that in New York in 2014, when I was 20, Gabby and I had a brief, legal, and completely consensual relationship. Unfortunately, I didn’t handle the breakup well. I stopped responding to her, which is an immature and cruel thing to do to someone.”

Two years after the allegations, Ansel Elgort broke up with his longtime girlfriend, Violeta Komychan, whom he had been with for 10 years since they were in high school. After his leading role in West Side Story As Tony (2021), Elgort returns to the big screen with Dinner with Aubrey.

The feature film aims to depict the charming, decades-long friendship between cinema legend Audrey Hepburn and French designer Count Hubert de Givenchy, with the production being a collaborative effort backed by Wayfarer Studios, Hyde Park Entertainment and Mad Chance Productions.

Lead producers include Ashok Armitraj and Priya Amritraj through Hyde Park, along with Mad Chance’s Andrew Lazar and Wayfarer Studios’ Andrew Caloff.

Stay tuned for more updates.