Blonde star Ana de Armas has provided details on the extensive research she undertook for the upcoming Marilyn Monroe biopic.
The movie, produced by Netflix,is directed by Andrew Dominik as based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates which was released in 2000.
Blonde will tell the story of the life, death and career of Norma Jeane / Marilyn Monroe.
The movie has been in production for a while now, and it was initially Naomi Watts who was set for the role before Jessica Chastain stepped in.
Eventually, though, De Armas was confirmed to play Monroe, one of the most recognisable celebrities in history.
The trailer shows De Armas as a dead ringer for the Hollywood icon in her speech, mannerisms and facial expressions.
It is no surprise, then, to hear that the actress spent plenty of time studying Monroe in pre-production.
“Andrew’s ambitions were very clear from the start — to present a version of Marilyn Monroe’s life through her lens,” de Armas recently told Netflix Queue.
“He wanted the world to experience what it actually felt like to not only be Marilyn, but also Norma Jeane. I found that to be the most daring, unapologetic, and feminist take on her story that I had ever seen."
“We worked on this film for hours, every single day for almost a year,” De Armas added.
“I read Joyce’s novel, studied hundreds of photographs, videos, audio recordings, films — anything I could get my hands on. Every scene is inspired by an existing photograph. We’d pore over every detail in the photo and debate what was happening in it. The first question was always, ‘What was Norma Jeane feeling here?’ We wanted to tell the human side of her story.
"Fame is what made Marilyn the most visible person in the world, but it also made Norma the most invisible.”
Blonde will be released on Netflix on 23 September 2022.
Blonde trailer
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