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Plot summary
Norma Jeane grows up with a mother, Gladys, who is committed to a mental hospital while the girl is placed in an orphanage. Later she models under the name Marilyn Monroe and tries to break into acting, and a studio head called Mr. Z assaults her. An audition for Don't Bother to Knock wins her a part even though she breaks down. Her fame grows, and she takes Cass Chaplin and Eddy G. Robinson Jr as lovers at the same time. Her agent asks her to be seen with them less, which upsets her, because the Marilyn the public sees does not feel like her real self.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Blonde (2022)
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- In May 2010, Naomi Watts was announced to star as Monroe, but Jessica Chastain replaced her in April 2014.
- Ana de Armas won the role of Marilyn Monroe after a single audition, but still had to convince producers and financiers, and she worked with a dialect coach for a year to prepare.
- The film's initial scenes were shot in the same apartment where Marilyn Monroe lived with her mother, and her death scene was filmed in the same room where she died.
- Filming began on August 4, 2019, the 57th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death, and the crew wrote a message to Monroe that they placed on her grave.
- Andrew Dominik said he first could not get Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's permission to use its footage, so he recreated scenes, including Ana de Armas and Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot. Michael De Luca later gave permission after an MGM executive was fired.
- The film's depiction of a CGI fetus talking to Monroe drew accusations of anti-abortion propaganda from Planned Parenthood and abortion rights activists.
- The film's NC-17 rating sparked controversy, with concerns that its graphic scenes of sexual abuse and abortion would be exploitative.
