Practice Makes Perfect

Audrey Hepburn films symbolize the looming love stories of the female love interests throughout the series. In When in Rome, Amelia’s plotline is driven by her obsession with Audrey Hepburn. Taking inspiration from Roman Holiday, Amelia comes to Rome, Kentucky (instead of Rome, Italy), and falls in love with Noah.

In Practice Makes Perfect, Annie’s personal favorite Audrey Hepburn movie is Funny Face because she relates to Jo, a “plain Jane” bookseller who falls in love with a famous fashion magazine photographer named Dick Avery, who “sees something in her that isn’t plain or quiet at all” (33). Jo is taken to Paris and brought out of her shell by Dick, who teaches her to model. The film represents the kind of adventurous, exciting love that Amelia desires. Annie is seen as sweet and innocent by everyone around her, which to her means boring. She struggles to date because of her fear of putting herself out there. She yearns for her own Dick Avery, who can “swoop in and teach [her] how to be the Quality woman everyone wants to date” (33). This wish comes true when Will becomes her dating coach, but instead of transforming Annie into someone she’s not, he coaxes her best qualities into the spotlight.