Marilyn Monroe biopic, "Blonde" (Netflix)

[terry78]

http://www.thewrap.com/jessica-chastain-play-marilyn-monroe-andrew-dominik-blonde-brad-pitt-plan-b


Very interesting choice. Excellent actress, and I'd like to see the transformation. No chick in the game right now really looks like her, as she wasn't exactly skinny.

 

[redhawk23]

Snoooooooooooore. Really I don't understand the fascination around Monroe.

 

[Sawyer]

I could see her pulling it off. Her look in The Help is fairly Marilyn.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Snoooooooooooore. Really I don't understand the fascination around Monroe.

She made sex classy and iconic back when it was dirty and hidden becoming a Hollywood legend in the process.

The fact that she died young under mysterious circumstances only added to her timeless, mega-stardom.

 

[BestGirl]

Chastain's a good actress but she doesn't look much like Marilyn. Her fellow redhead Christina Hendricks might've been a better choice.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Chastain's a good actress but she doesn't look much like Marilyn. Her fellow redhead Christina Hendricks might've been a better choice.

I agree.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

I don't know if my body could handle Christina Hendricks playing Marilyn Monroe.

 

[SpideyFan866]

Chastain's a good actress but she doesn't look much like Marilyn. Her fellow redhead Christina Hendricks might've been a better choice.

A much better choice by far.

 

[terry78]

But is she a better actress is the question. Does looks trump ability?

 

[Sawyer]

But is she a better actress is the question. Does looks trump ability?

Never.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I agree Hendricks would've been a much better choice, I don't really care for this casting that and we just got an amazing Marilyn performance from Michelle Williams just a few years ago, why another one so soon?

 

[kvz5]

http://www.thewrap.com/jessica-chastain-play-marilyn-monroe-andrew-dominik-blonde-brad-pitt-plan-b


Very interesting choice. Excellent actress, and I'd like to see the transformation. No chick in the game right now really looks like her, as she wasn't exactly skinny.

Chastain is one of my current favorite actresses so this is good news to me.

 

[The Guard]

I'll see it for Chastain, but I'm honestly bored with the story of Marilyn Monroe. Well, not bored...just...we've seen it. Over and over and over again.

 

[The Shape]

I'll see it for Chastain, but I'm honestly bored with the story of Marilyn Monroe. Well, not bored...just...we've seen it. Over and over and over again.

I feel the same way.

 

[Schlosser85]

I like Chastain but she doesn't look anything like Marilyn.

Plus she'll have to follow the act of Michelle Williams who got a lot of acclaim for playing Marilyn just a few years ago.

 

[redhawk23]

She made sex classy and iconic back when it was dirty and hidden becoming a Hollywood legend in the process.

The fact that she died young under mysterious circumstances only added to her timeless, mega-stardom.

Banging the President, so classy. You don't see any Monica Lewinski films being announced.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Banging the President, so classy. You don't see any Monica Lewinski films being announced.

But Monica Lewinsky looked like a fat skank and she kept her soiled clothes.

Marilyn Monroe was the high-class mistress every man dreamed of.

There's a difference.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I like Chastain but she doesn't look anything like Marilyn.

Plus she'll have to follow the act of Michelle Williams who got a lot of acclaim for playing Marilyn just a few years ago.

That's my point exactly Michelle did a stellar job of portraying Marilyn in her public and private life, it's going to be a very tough act to follow and as an Monroe fan I'm not sure I see the point in doing it so soon. I like Chastain but she's the farthest thing from the person id choose for casting this character, I guess well see.

Banging the President, so classy. You don't see any Monica Lewinski films being announced.

I keep seeing people bash her because of her personal life, who cares? She was amazing in the films she was in and was a great talent, that's what I care about plus if it was about a male movie star that banged tons of women I'm not sure you'd be saying the same thing.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

I'm so glad that this long-gestating project of Dominik's is moving forward. I like the sound of the biopic being influenced by Polanski and I'm intrigued by the fact that this will have little dialogue so with those, hopefully it'll differentiate from other biopics. Watts would have been great in the role but Chastain isn't a downgrade by any means. I hope scheduling won't be a problem for Chastain as it's high time for Dominik to shoot this.

 

[BestGirl]

Chastain is one of my current favorite actresses so this is good news to me.

I hope she doesn't look like this in the movie. Aside from the blonde hair she hardly resembles Marilyn at all.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yeah, she's a great actress but there is little resemblance there, if any. And while it's true that Marilyn was an interesting person, a key reason why people remember her is for her very distinct look, so casting someone that looks nothing like her doesn't work the way it might if this was a biopic about another historical figure.

 

[terry78]

Did DDL look like Lincoln?

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Yeah, she's a great actress but there is little resemblance there, if any. And while it's true that Marilyn was an interesting person, a key reason why people remember her is for her very distinct look, so casting someone that looks nothing like her doesn't work the way it might if this was a biopic about another historical figure.

Wasn't Monroe way smarter than her public persona. She's been accredited with some brilliant quotes.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yes she was, and very progressive as well.

 

[James.B]

Ana de Armas to Play Marilyn Monroe in Andrew Dominik's Blonde

For the last several years, Andrew Dominik has been developing an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates‘ acclaimed novel Blonde at Netflix, and at long last, he has settled on his Marilyn Monroe. Multiple sources tell Collider that Blade Runner 2049 star Ana de Armas is Dominik’s choice to play the Hollywood icon.

Blonde follows the talented Norma Jeane Mortenson as she blossoms into movie star Marilyn Monroe. But after a series of failed relationships and heartbreaking tragedy, she spirals into drug addiction and mental instability.