Ana de Armas Channels Marilyn Monroe In First Teaser For Netflix's Blonde

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Blonde, the upcoming Marilyn Monroe biopic, has released its first official teaser. The film will arrive on Netflix in late September and features Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe. The newly released teaser was accompanied by a set of stills released by the streaming platform that provides a closer look at de Armas' performance.

The Netflix film has been written and directed by Andrew Dominik, who previously wrote and directed the Brad Pitt film Killing Them Softly in 2012. That film was based on George V. Higgins' novel, Cogan's Trade. Dominik's Blonde will continue his trend of adapting novels and exploring human emotion. Blonde is inspired by the 2000 best-selling novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates. Pitt will serve as a producer on the film.

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The teaser for Blonde begins with de Armas seated in front of a vanity as she prays for someone to arrive. Allan «Whitey» Snyder (Toby Huss), Monroe's makeup artist, reassures her that they will be there, and she erupts into a fit of laughter. The Netflix teaser also provides brief glimpses of de Armas throughout Blonde, in the various stages of Monroe's career. Each shot puts Monroe at the center of attention and aims to show the personal toll it took on Monroe. The film also aims to put emphasis on Norma Jeane Mortensen, Monroe's identity before she became a massive star. «We wanted to tell a human side of her story,» de Armas said about the creation of Blonde. «Fame is what made Marilyn the most visible person in the world, but it also made Norma the most invisible.»

The release of Blonde'sfirst teaser was joined by four stills of de Armas as the icon. The stills, along with the teaser,