Fans of Breakfast of Tiffany’s will remember the film for Audrey Hepburn smoking cigarettes through a pencil, and Hannibal from the A-Team experiencing a rather unruly tightening in his trousers caused by her character – a young starlet called Holly Golightly.

Or, you might just remember the awful 1996 pop song of the same name by a band called Deep Blue Something, which goes “… and I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany’s? / And you said, yes, I remember that film / And as I recall it starred BA for the A-Team / And I said, no, actually it was Hannibal…” Or something like that. We pretty much hated that song. One thing which you won’t recall, however, was Audrey Hepburn taking out both bosoms, and then peeling the rest of her clothes off to reveal her entire glistening, naked body. And, yet, in the stage version, that’s exactly what Anna Friel, playing Golightly, does. That’s right – the play stars Anna Friel naked. It’s caused quite a stir.

Now showing in the very hoity toity Theatre Royal in London, the show is reportedly loyal to the film, bar two major differences. It’s now set in the 1940s rather than the 1960s, and Anna Friel – to repeat – spends a portion of the show completely naked. As in, with literally nothing on, except a small headscarf covering her forehead. Positioned correctly, some members of the audience might even steal the opportunity to use their small theatre binoculars to stare motionlessly at the actress’ most womanly area. Those on the wrong side will have to make do with the Pushing Daisies star’s nude buttocks. Whilst pretty much everyone should get at least a glimpse of her boobs. 

It’s not the first time that Friel has opted to monkey around with convention either. Many moons ago she smeared her mucky hands all over a perfectly innocent daytime soap opera, Brookside, by launching into an enthusiastic lesbian clinch with another actress. Then, really quite recently, she soiled a gritty one-off drama about a prostitute by showing the world her impressive breasts. And now this. With actresses around, like Megan Fox, refusing to let the world have a glimpse of the goods, it seems that Anna Friel would be able to work a naked scene into a Disney script. Good for her. In a way.

On her latest foray onto the stage, she said this to an excited journalist:

“Gosh! People will assume they’re coming to see an Audrey Hepburn impression.”

No worries there, Anna. You can probably safely assume that they’re coming to see you. All of you.

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