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Show 4 Januar Etc ‘Sabrina’ Star Julia Ormond Isn't Trying to Imitate Hepburn By Mal Vincent 1 \ YOR K. = ( r r ard Gere fought o t n First Knight,” and sk ez amed the wild spirit of poster Brad Pitt in “Legends of the Not since Cleopatra sailed up Nile or Delilah took to bar- s has a womanfloored ia Ormond equal to iround, the bright beauty recreates the inated by the oh-so. ey Hepburn in the premiere. “I m treet looks,” she said, they're looking é “I get me I don't get it in the € t g Ormond didn’t hesitate to take the role. “I was too scared to say No,” she said. “I had seen the audition I and before once my afterward k eur wear Edith Head and Gi one of her most roles as the chauf ighter who goes to Paris comes back a stunner a IWS the two rich guys in the mansion Have the casting agents gone too far this time? Julia Ormond herself wonders ts in a New York hotel days before the movie's “| wanted to he said in a sepa iew I wanted a hange of pac — aromance anda omedy. This is one of the Everyone else seemed reluc tant. Sidney Pollack, who won an Oscar for “Out of Africa,” admits I didn’t think it was a good idea to remake it without Audrey Hep- so excited burn, but then I got this call from Harrison andhe talked me into it She even agreed to cut her long That was the way I got into ‘Tootsie. I didn't think that could be Then. I let it go. I the new script was yrown hair. “It was a part of Sabrina’s tr ‘ansformation, and I didn't want to rely on a prop —a he said, simy cted by Billy Wild er. The late Miss Hepburn, romance,” rate interv lid they cast her wriginal film. hould be remade. do a In “Sabrina,” the big romantic fantasy. Ormond’s two rich and handsome suitors: are played by Harrison Ford (proving that even Indiana Jones likes worldly com forts and romance) and, in the i's surprise casting, Greg near (crossing over from his sé TV wise-cracking on “Later” the old “Talk Soup”) and In the beginning. it was only Ford who thought “Sabrina madeeither until Dustin Hoffman talked me into it. I called Billy Wilder and asked what he thought of the idea of remaking Sabrina.’ He asked ‘Would you like someone to remake ‘The Way We Were’? I admitted | wouldn't but then, Billy had liked the Broadway musical version they'd made ofhis ‘Sunset Boulevard Pollack's quandry: “We were going to remake *Sabrina’ and all we had was Harrison Ford, no Sa. the part. Meg Ryan. according to the role of the younger brother playedintheoriginal by William Great, empress of Russia. ties but says he never met Kenne- said. Julia Roberts was talked up for andhowtodeal with people. I was truly stressed-out during thefilm- ing With a salary rumoredto be $2 million, she now has hordesof a: sistants. make-upartists and cos- she is a more sturdy Sabrina She is not this elfin thing that Au- tumers waiting on her every moment of the dayduringfilming. “I suppose I’mgetting better at be drey Hepburnplayed. That's another film. What wefaced was do- ing a so-called ‘moviestar,” she ing a movie with fairy tale sensibilities, but giving it the edge bites. We are not long and thor- We are Ormondoriginally studied art at West Surrey College of Art and Design. She switched to the Web- ber Douglas Academy in London. I never, ever, thought of being a filmstar,” shesaid. “I came out of drama school with just one main hope — that I wouldget an Equity card in (he next five years and be in the acting trenches. Theater she “We filmedin Russia — ev- erywhere. I learned about pacing sive Pollack does admit that French actresses Juliette Binocheand Julie Delpy were considered but that he was enthusiastic about getting Julia Ormond because ough about anything short and compact “It was the toughest job I ever had,” dy andthat Cruise was too expen- tic era. Today, we think in terms Sur. 1995 COVER CLOSEOUT SALE the early days of Catherine the Pollack won't comment on any of the alternate Sabrina possibili- of the 1990s. It’s a different style The ‘50s wasthelast real roman- i ao film Shewas cast as Stalin’s wife in the HBO production “Stalin.” She landed the title role in Ted Turner's mammoth TV production “Young Catherine,” about Holdenand this time by Kinnear). TomCruisewas also interestedin the part, primarily because he wantedto co-star with Ford of exclamation points and sound brina. was my goal. I thought that maybe someday I might even be in a rumors, turnedit down. 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