Everything We Know About Blonde
Starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, the Netflix movie Blonde has become one of the most highly-anticipated movies of 2022. The upcoming film is directed by Andrew Dominik, previously known for directing the 2007 Western drama The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, as well as directing two episodes of Netflix's psychological crime thriller series Mindhunter and One More Time with Feeling, a documentary chronicling the recording of Skeleton Tree, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' sixteenth studio album. Dominik is also credited as the screenwriter of Blonde and started developing the project over a decade ago in 2010.
Blonde, based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates, went through a long development process before production finally began in 2019. Prior to Ana de Armas getting cast in the upcoming movie, there were other actresses attached to the role of Marilyn. Naomi Watts was initially set to star in Blonde, and Jessica Chastain was also linked to the role in 2014. Blonde was affected by shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, though Dominik confirmed (via Collider) that filming wrapped up in July of 2021.
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There aren't many details available yet regarding the plot of Netflix's Blonde, but in past interviews, Andrew Dominik has said that the film features «very little dialogue.» Dominik has also revealed (via ScreenDaily) that he wanted to tell the story of Marilyn «as a central figure in a fairytale.» Here's all the news and updates that are known so far about Blonde.
Although Ana de Armas is the big star, the rest of the Blonde cast also features some notable talent playing iconic American figures.
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