6/29/2023 0 Comments Dead blonde hollywood stars![]() ![]() The first question was always, ‘What was Norma Jeane feeling here?’ We wanted to tell the human side of her story. We’d pore over every detail in the photo and debate what was happening in it. Every scene is inspired by an existing photograph. “I read Joyce’s novel, studied hundreds of photographs, videos, audio recordings, films - anything I could get my hands on. “We worked on this film for hours, every single day for almost a year,” recalls de Armas. The film’s strong supporting cast features Adrien Brody as The Playwright, Bobby Cannavale as The Ex-Athlete, and Julianne Nicholson as Norma Jeane’s mother. Similar to the novel, Blonde meticulously recreates iconic moments from Monroe’s life and career - including her show-stopping performance of “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” in Howard Hawks’s 1953 musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - but it also takes dramatic license with her life, featuring characters who are based on historical figures as well as amalgams of people she might have known. “The film’s very much concerned with the relationship with herself and with this other persona, Marilyn, which is both her armor and the thing that is threatening to consume her." “She’s deeply traumatized, and that trauma necessitates a split between a public self and a private self, which is the story of everyone, but with a famous person, that often plays out publicly, in ways that may cause additional trauma,” Dominik says. Imagining what might have occurred behind closed doors gave Dominik the opportunity to delve into Monroe’s inner psyche. I found that to be the most daring, unapologetic, and feminist take on her story that I had ever seen.” “He wanted the world to experience what it actually felt like to not only be Marilyn, but also Norma Jeane. “Andrew’s ambitions were very clear from the start - to present a version of Marilyn Monroe’s life through her lens,” says Ana de Armas ( Knives Out, The Gray Man, No Time To Die) who stars as the Hollywood icon. How can one of the most famous women who has ever lived remain an enigma almost six decades after her death? It’s a question that lies at the heart of the enduring cultural fascination with Marilyn Monroe, the screen icon whose bombshell image belied a fierce intelligence as well as a tumultuous private life.īased on the best-selling novel by Joyce Carol Oates, and a longtime passion project for writer-director Andrew Dominik ( The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), Blonde paints a fictional portrait of the life of the model, actress, and singer, chronicling her journey from Norma Jeane Baker, abused daughter of a single mother, to the most sought-after celebrity in the world. ![]()
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