Overview
- She performed “As Long As He Needs Me” from the 1968 film during the tryout.
- Judges reacted with surprise and praise, with Amanda Holden saying she felt star struck and Alesha Dixon calling it an honour.
- Wallis told the panel she first appeared on that stage 70 years ago and said she wanted to be back doing what she loves.
- Coverage places the audition within her decades-long career across theatre, US television hits like Charlie’s Angels and Murder, She Wrote, and the soap The Young And The Restless.
- Reports also revisit Oliver!’s six-Oscar legacy and her past remarks about co-star Oliver Reed as well as her opposition to a proposed remake.