Pixie Lott on Breakfast at Tiffany's: 'Holly is a dream role but I’ve done it my way'

The pop star made her debut performance in the role at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Taking a bow: Pixie Lott at the curtain call for Breakfast At Tiffany’s
Dave Benett
Matt Watts27 July 2016
The Weekender

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Pixie Lott says stepping into Audrey Hepburn’s shoes as Holly Golightly is a childhood dream come true which she hopes will propel her into further acting roles.

The singer turned actress, 25, plays the lead role in Breakfast At Tiffany’s at the Theatre Royal Haymarket — her first venture into theatre.

At the press night party for the musical she told the Standard it was her “dream role”.

But although Hepburn was one of her childhood icons, Lott decided not to revisit the film in her preparation for the role because she wanted to do it differently.

Pixie Lott arrives at the press night performance 
Dave Benett

“I didn’t watch the movie purposefully because I didn’t want to copy anything, I just read the book [by Truman Capote],” she said.

“I didn’t want to be a less good version of how Audrey is so I thought, I’ll just read the book and just do it my own way.

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"The exciting thing is our production is based on the book so it’s very different to the movie and so it allows us to do our own interpretation.”

Lott, who went to the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, hopes she can act more in the future, but said: “I feel like I have to prove myself more in the acting world for a bit longer before I can be called an actress.”

Breakfast At Tiffany’s is at Theatre Royal Haymarket until September 17 (020 7930 8800 for tickets)

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