Cameron Diaz Tipped for Sound of Music  11/29/05

Cameron Diaz has been named as the star best suited to reprise the role of singing nun Maria in enduring musical The Sound of Music - by the film's original star.

Dame Julie Andrews tipped the blonde actress as her replacement at a question and answer session marking the movie's 40th anniversary.

The pair became friends while providing the voices for animated characters Queen Lillian and Princess Fiona in Shrek 3, and Andrews has no doubt that, if picked for the convent hell raiser role, Diaz's career would receive a huge boost.

She says of her own casting in 1965: "There are hundreds of other ladies who sing just as well or better than I do and I was the lucky one who got asked."

Diaz has previously showcased her vocal talents in The Mask and A Life Less Ordinary.