We all remember what happened to Hepburn. After securing the starring role in 1964's My Fair Lady, she sung her socks off. Then got dubbed over. Well, that won't be happening to Keira Knightley. Yes, after battling it out with Scarlett Johansson for the part, she will be playing Eliza Doolittle in a new version of the musical (based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion), which may be directed by Joe Wright.

Scripted by our very own Emma Thompson, the remake will still see Eliza taken on by Professor Henry Higgins (drop the 'h' when reading aloud) for a bet. And who might poor Professor Higgins be? Why, the rumours whipping round at the moment say Daniel Craig. How now, brown cow, indeed.