Marilyn’s ghost got physical in filming of ‘Blonde’, star says

VENICE, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The ghost of Marilyn Monroe made her presence felt throughout the filming of a fictionalised biopic of her life ‘Blonde’, throwing issues round when she obtained offended, the actress who portrayed her, Ana de Armas, mentioned on Thursday.

The Netflix film, directed by Andrew Dominik, is getting its world premiere on the Venice Movie Pageant, exploring a number of key moments of the troubled lifetime of a permanent Hollywood icon.

“I actually imagine that she was very near us. She was with us,” mentioned the Cuban-born actress, who wanted voice teaching to disguise her Spanish accent and seize the essence of Monroe.

“I feel she was joyful. She would additionally throw issues off the wall typically and get mad if she did not like one thing,” she informed reporters. “Possibly this sounds very mystical, however it’s true. All of us felt it.”

The Australian director mentioned filming began on Aug. 4, the anniversary of her demise in 1962 from an overdose when she was simply 36.

The preliminary scenes have been shot in the identical house the place Marilyn, then known as Norma Jeane Baker, had lived along with her mentally ailing mom. The demise scene was additionally shot in the identical room the place the famed actress had died.

“It positively took on parts of being like a seance,” mentioned Dominik, who spent greater than a decade attempting to convey the guide of the identical title by Joyce Carol Oatesby to the display.

Although de Armas had a robust Spanish accent, Dominik mentioned he was satisfied she might play the demanding lead position after seeing her in a 2015 movie “Knock Knock”.

“I knew it was her as quickly as I noticed her on TV. It’s a little bit like once you fall in love at first sight, when the appropriate particular person walks by way of the door you realize it,” he mentioned.

De Armas admitted that she knew little about Monroe, an emblem of twentieth Century America, when she took the position, however mentioned she immersed herself within the character earlier than filming began.

“She was all I thought of, she was all I dreamt about, she was all I might discuss, she was with me and it was lovely,” she mentioned.

“Blonde”, which additionally stars Adrien Brody and Julianne Nicholson, is considered one of 23 movies competing for the principle Golden Lion award which can be handed out on Sept. 10.

Reporting by Crispian Balmer
Enhancing by Alexandra Hudson

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