Marilyn

Ana de Armas and Adrien Brody shared a tender moment during the press junket for their new film, Blonde, at the Venice Film Festival. The Cuban-Spanish actor stars as Marilyn Monroe in the biopic – adapted from Joyce Carol Oates’ novel of the same name – opposite the Oscar-winning actor as the Hollywood icon’s third husband, Arthur Miller. During today’s (8 September) world premiere of the Netflix movie, Brody moved De Armas to tears as he lauded her “remarkable” performance. “I mean, I can’t think of any other person who…

Shooting Blonde – the new biopic about Marilyn Monroe – in the apartment and room the Hollywood icon died in was like a “séance”, its director has said.Andrew Dominik’s film starring Ana de Armas is having its world premiere at Venice on Thursday night. The nearly three-hour epic is based on a biographical novel by Joyce Carol Oates and examines the public and private life of Monroe, from her troubled childhood as Norma Jeane Mortenson to her global stardom.But the Netflix film, also starring Adrien Brody as Arthur Miller…

No one has seen the film yet, but the internet is already awash with opinions about Blonde, Netflix’s forthcoming fictionalised biopic of Marilyn Monroe: about everything from Cuban star Ana de Armas’s suitability in the lead to the potential offensiveness of the film’s reportedly explicit sexual content. Sixty years on from her death at 36, Monroe still inspires a kind of protective instinct in the public, even among generations who missed her lifetime by several decades. Yet such discussions tend to frame Monroe only as…

There’s another defamation case currently playing out. Following the verdict in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial, interest in celebrity lawsuits still seems to be at a high. For those keeping tabs, another defamation suit has been filed by Marilyn Manson after his ex Evan Rachel Wood accused the singer of abuse years after speaking out in front of a judiciary committee as a victim of abuse. Online social media users seem to be trending toward following the happenings of this new suit, particularly after a 6,000 page…

One of the most anticipated titles at the upcoming Venice Film Festival is Blonde. A biopic of the Hollywood screen icon, Marilyn Monroe, based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates, the movie “boldly reimagines the life of Marilyn Monroe, exploring the split between her public and private selves,” says the Netflix tagline. And headlining it will be the rising star, Ana de Armas, who has given some compelling performances in Sergio, Knives Out and The Gray Man. She also had a very short but memorable…

In May, Andrew Dominik – the director of Blonde, Netflix’s forthcoming biopic of Marilyn Monroe – predicted that the film would “offend everyone”.A few months on, and he has been proven right.The film isn’t even out yet (it’s scheduled for release on Netflix on 28 September) but the trailer, featuring No Time to Die and Knives Out star Ana de Armas as the late screen icon, has already divided opinion.The controversy is, in part, due to the fact that Blonde is the first film produced by Netflix to carry the rarely awarded…

The estate of Marilyn Monroe has come to the defense of Ana de Armas after criticism of her accent in her portrayal of Monroe in a forthcoming biopic.The movie Blonde, based on a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, covers Monroe’s rise to fame. It is directed by Andrew Dominik and will be released by Netflix on 28 September.When the trailer for the film was released in late July, some watchers said they could hear hints of De Armas’s Spanish accent in her rendering of Monroe’s famous breathy tone. De Armas was born in Cuba and…

Netflix movie, Blonde starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, was recently released. While few liked Ana de Armas’s acting, several fans took to social media to criticize the casting, saying that de Armas’ accent was not authentic to how Monroe’s voice sounded. However, Marilyn Monroe’s estate recently responded to the backlash and supported the actress. Despite not being associated with the film, Marilyn’s estate responded to the people criticizing Ana and have thrown their full support behind her performance. The…

In May, Andrew Dominik – the director of Blonde, Netflix’s forthcoming biopic of Marilyn Monroe – predicted that the film would “offend everyone”.A few months on, and he has been proven right.The film isn’t even out yet (it’s scheduled for release on Netflix on 28 September) but the trailer, featuring No Time to Die and Knives Out star Ana de Armas as the late screen icon, has already divided opinion.The controversy is, in part, due to the fact that Blonde is the first film produced by Netflix to carry the rarely awarded…

Ana de Armas stars as Marilyn Monroe in the controversial Netflix film, Blonde.The forthcoming movie is a fictional take on the iconic Hollywood star, but fans of Monroe have already found plenty to take issue with, after the release of a new trailer last week. One of the most glaring problems (according to fans), is that the Spanish-Cuban de Armas seems to have trouble making her accent sound similar to Monroe’s distinctive voice.But de Armas is not the only actor to struggle with their character’s accent, even with the…