Marilyn Monroe Biopic "Blonde"
Someone has finally decided to make a biopic about the legendary hollywood sex symbol Marilyn Monroe. Many have tried to imitate her, but none have come close.
Monroe had three marriages, first to James Dougherty, then to Joe DiMaggio, and lastly Arthur Miller. It was also widely rumored that she had had an affair with President John F. Kennedy, his brother Senator Robert Kennedy, or both. Marlon Brando.
The Biopic will star Naomi Watts in the title role, not who I would have first figured to take on the Iconic role, but I can see it working.
Screendaily reports:
Wild Bunch will handle international sales on Blonde, an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ imaginary Marilyn Monroe memoir that Andrew Dominik is set to direct. Naomi Watts will star as the legendary icon.
Produced by Anthony Bregman, the $20 million film will shoot in January 2011.
Dominik, who last directed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, explains his desire to make Blonde: “Why is Marilyn Monroe the great female icon of the 20th Century? For men she is an object of sexual desire that is desperately in need of rescue. For women, she embodies all the injustices visited upon the feminine, a sister, a Cinderella, consigned to live among the ashes.”
He added, “I want to tell the story of Norma Jean as a central figure in a fairytale; an orphan child lost in the woods of Hollywood, being consumed by that great icon of the twentieth century.”
Reader Comments (2)
She does somewhat favor her here, but I figured they'd have someone more curvy playing the role...
they're both super hot, great casting