I think that Keira would make a really good Eliza Doolittle.  I enjoyed the original, and feel like she could do a convincing job in the transformation that we see with Doolittle.  I mean, clearly she's no Audrey Hepburn, but for so many viewers, it won't be an issue of comparison (as I'm guessing many have not seen the original).

if there was no article about this being an adaptation of my fair lady i would have no idea it was even related!
i'm a massive my fair lady fan and i recently saw pygmalion in the theatre and neither bare any resemblance to that trailer! Keira Kneightly might be a good actress (although i only think she is for bend it like beckham) but she certainly isn't the next eliza dolittle!

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My question is why do we need a new one? If they are only going to shoot on location it doesn't seem that we need a new one. Is Hollywood that low on ideas? There is nothing wrong with the Hepburn version.  Could Knightley play Ms Doolittle, yes I sure she could but why would she want to be compaired to Hepburn? Hepburn is a movie legend. Knightley isn't to that yet. Oh god, more over who would they pick to play Henry Higgins? It seems a foolish move, to remake the movie. It isn't that old of a movie and it is still on tv often enough that the younger generations have seen it.  

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I really love the original. So I wouldn't want a new one, however I think that Kiera Knightley would probably be the closest match to Audrey Hepburn, they have a similar face structure. But I will always love Hepburn as Eliza. *I just got the songs out of my head and now they are all flooding back- wanders off singing*

Am getting quite tired of all these remakes, but I do enjoy me some Keira, she's lovely. I reckon she'd be a good choice.

She does like her period films though doesn't she.

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If they really feel the need to do a remake of My Fair Lady (I've been accused of being a purist and am not typically a fan of adaptations, remakes or anything that messes with an original piece of work that I'm fond of,) then I think Keira Knightley is a pretty good choice. She's got a good look for the part, she's talented and is able to pull of period pieces... that having been said, Audrey Hepburn will always be my Eliza Doolittle, Mary Martin will always be my Peter Pan and Lesley Ann Warren will always be my Cinderella.

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I think Keira Knightley probably could play Eliza, but I don't think she should, I don't think they should do a remake at all, I adore the original and wouldn't necessarily like them to do a new version!!

I never thought about it before, but Keira Knightley really could pull off an Audrey Hepburn role. I agree with previous commenters, however; I don't think that we need a remake of My Fair Lady. But mostly I'm just shocked that I even consider Keira Knightley a viable replacement (which is the wrong word, but I can't think of the proper term at the moment) for Audrey Hepburn. Who would have that anyone could replace Audrey?

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Did they learn nothing the first time around?  Cast an actress who can sing!  I like Audrey Hepburn, but Julie Andrews should have been Eliza Doolittle.  At least Kiera Knightly is Brittish.

I don't think film-makers understand the rule 'thou shalt not remake a movie starring Audrey Hepburn.' The makers of Sabrina and the truly awful remake of Charade did not understand this. As much as I have liked Keira in the past, you just don't mess with ultimate in gamine perfection...

I'm a big Julie Andrews fan too and she was well and truly left out int he cold when it came to the film version for which she was absolutely perfect, but in the end, Audrey made it...and no one could ever look as regal as the transformed Eliza.

There are some movies you just don't need to remake, Gone with the Wind...and anything starring Audrey Hepburn.

Oh, I've seen the show in a play and I really believe that Knightley fits perfectly! Good choice!

well, a completely different choice to play doolittle could be Anne Hathaway...sure she doesn't have the accent, but i think she can sing, and she could always work on the accent. She also kinda looks like hepburn, but i understand the drive to not remake movies that originally had hepburn as the leading lass.

And in response to vfullart, yeah Hollywood is that low on ideas. Originality is hard to come by these days

I never really thought about it before but Kiera playing Eliza seems like a good fit. My only question though is can she sing?

I'm not sure a remake is necessary but it makes me curious too see who they would cast to play professor higgins and pickering? Not that these roles need to be played by anyone famous but it seems like the original actors perfectly fit their characters and anything else would lead to a let down.

For the love of God Hollywood. KNOCK IT OFF! No matter how Hepburn'esque Knightley is, isn't the point. The point is they want to remake My Fair Lady. No, never, no more Audrey Hepburn remakes. Good god. What's next? Casablanca? Gone with the Wind? Sound of Music? West Side Story? Breakfast at Tiffany's? With the rate (or lack there of) of originality going on in La-La land these days, anything they remake wont surprise me. I'll just be glad not to give them my dollars worth.

Bitterness aside, if they do remake this, just dont cast Jennifer Love Hewitt or in any Audrey Hepburn remake down the road. Did you see her in the Audrey Hepburn story? Gag!

If I'm not mistaken the point of a remake it to completly redo the movie for the current audience. Why does this Eliza Have to look like Audrey Hepburn at all? I mean if your going to mess with such a great plot, I would change it completely so they wouldn't get compared (if that's possible) I'd like to see the movie setting somewhere off the wall like India or China or something. And make Eliza a man, we can call him Eli. Who wants to an why watch a movie that looks and sounds exactly the same as another movie?  Plus didn't work with West Side Story?

I think look-wise, Keira is a perfect Eliza Doolittle. As for her singing abilities though... I hope she can pull it off but I'm not entirely convinced. Would be a shame if they dubbed her though.

All in all, I hope they chose her because she had a voice, not just a face. Cause if that's the case, they might as well have redone Pygmalion instead, Bernard Shaw's original non-musical play. I'm sure she'd be fantastic in that.