Netflix is releasing its newest biopic Blonde on 28th September 2022 starring Ana de Armas as none other than Marilyn Monroe. The film is directed by Andrew Dominik and takes us through the glamorous yet heartbreaking life of the iconic star and the controversies that followed as she rose to fame in 1950s Hollywood. The film aims to focus on some of the less public aspects of the star’s life such as her early childhood, her relationship with her mother and the woman behind the glamour.
The cast stars Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, Adrien Brody as Arthur Miller, Sara Paxton as Miss Flynn, Bobby Cannavale as Joe DiMaggio, Casper Phillipson as John F. Kennedy, Xavier Samuel as Charlie Chaplin Jr., Julianne Nicholson as Gladys Pearl Baker.
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Here are Marilyn Monroe’s Most Iconic Roles
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle was one of Marilyn’s earliest films that got her recognition by critics and was nominated for four Academy Awards. The story follows a criminal who recruits a team of people to commit a jewellery heist that ultimately goes wrong. The cast includes Sterling Hayden as Dix Handley, Marilyn Monroe as Angela Phinlay, Louis Calhern as Alonzo D. Emmerich, Jean Hagen as Doll Conovan and Sam Jaffe as Doc Erwin.
All About Eve (1950)
All About Eve stars Bette Davis as a well-known actress who hires an assistant to help her with her needs. The assistant an aspiring actress played by Marilyn Monroe slowly begins to create a plan to overtake her and establish herself in the industry. Even though she isn’t the protagonist in the film, we see the actress slowly blossom into the star we all know and love today. The rest of the cast includes Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington, Celeste Holm as Karen Richards, George Sanders as Addison Dewitt and Gary Merrill as Bill Simpson.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Gentlemen Prefers Blondes is perhaps her most iconic role of all time. Everything about this film from its music to its clothing and dialogues has been referenced in various movies and shows. The movie is about a showgirl named Lorelei who is about to be married to a wealthy man Gus Edmond Jr. When she takes a trip with her friends to Paris, her father-in-law hires a detective to keep tabs on her. The film’s standout song “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Bestfriend” became an instant hit after the film’s release. The rest of the cast includes Jane Russell as Dorothy Shaw, Elliott Reid as Ernie Malone and Tommy Noonan as Gus Eisman.
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The Seven Year Itch was a 1955 romantic comedy film made at a time when Marilyn was already considered a megastar. The Paparazzi was obsessed with her looks, her stardom and her love life. Her most remembered scene in the film of her white dress blowing up from a hot crater was constantly brought up in the media and gave her a lot of publicity. The film is about a married man whose wife and kid are away because of the bad weather. When a new attractive neighbour moves into the building he begins to fantasize about a life with her. The rest of the cast includes Tom Ewell as Richard Sherman, Evelyn Keyes as Helen Sherman and Sony Tufts as Tom MacKenzie.
Some Like it Hot (1959)
Some Like it Hot is a romantic comedy film about two musicians who pretend to be part of a female band in order to save themselves from a mob when they previously witnesses an attack. The film stars Marilyn as Sugar Kane, Tony Curtis as Shell Oil, Jack Lemmon as Daphne Jerry and Joan Shawlee as Sweet Sue.
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Watch Blonde on Netflix on 28th September.
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