Starring Ana de Armas, the film -will tell who was the real woman behind this Hollywood legend
Who was Norma Jeane Mortenson, the woman behind the Hollywood myth? In this adaptation of the novel by Joyce Carol Oates (who bears the same name, Blonde, and which he warns is not a biography), the director will try to show the real person who was relegated by that eccentric life full of luxury and sensuality, whose death came early at age 36.
“Andrew [Dominik] wanted the world to experience what it really feels like not only as Marilyn but also as Norma Jeane. I discovered that it was a more daring version, that it did not apologize and was conceived from a feminist perspective that allowed her to expand her story, ”explained the actress about the expected film.
In January of last year, in an interview with The Magazine, the actress recounted how difficult it was to try to break away from Marilyn after finishing each day of filming, and the intense preparation that required her to live up to this leading role. "I tried! It only took me nine months of dialect training and practice. It was a great torture, very exhausting. My brain was fried, ”she assured.
On the other hand, her story allowed her to reflect on the role of women in the industry. “In general, it is very easy to draw parallels between how things were in the 30s, 40s, and 50s and today. And, above all, with how it is very difficult to achieve it if you do not have a solid foundation and your family to support you, ”she remarked.
Undoubtedly, the idea of telling this hidden story is extremely tempting. Now, the person in charge of interpreting this film icon had to be at the level of her protagonist and once again the director hit the key. With great chameleon power, the actress Ana de Armas was chosen to get into the skin of this diva and the result could not have been better. It is enough to see just a few minutes of the trailer to realize that the work and the camouflage of this Cuban-Spanish with the blonde legend is brilliant.
The cast of Rubia is completed with the names of Adrien Brody as Arthur Miller, Bobby Cannavale as Joe DiMaggio, Julianne Nicholson as Gladys Pearl Baker (Monroe's mother), and Caspar Phillipson as John F. Kennedy. The film's soundtrack is provided by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
Countdown: premiere September 23
Since it became known about the existence of this project, expectations were on the rise. And seeing the preview of the trailer, everything increased much more. And although the premiere is less and less, some say that there is a cursed halo around this fiction due to the years it took to materialize.
It is that the film was shot in 2019 and remained under lock and key until now when Netflix decided to set a date. The motives? Some say that there were explicit images that the platform did not see favorably; something that the director himself took it upon himself to deny. "Netflix lets me release the movie I wanted to make and, even with a 17-year-old ban, I think that's pretty good," Dominik clarified in an interview with Collider. "[Marilyn] is deeply traumatized, and that trauma requires a split between a public self and a private self, which is everyone's story, but with a famous person, often playing out publicly, so it can cause trauma. additional".
After demolishing the rumors of censorship, everyone pointed to the coronavirus pandemic as the great responsible for delaying the debut more than necessary. It is said that the team hoped to be able to premiere it at a film festival and, after the opportunity to do it in Cannes passed them by, they decided to wait for the one in Venice, which will be in September.
