Blonde (2022)

Blonde (2022)

Director: Andrew Dominik

Synopsis

A fictionalized chronicle of the inner life of Marilyn Monroe (Ana de Armas).

Male Deaths

• Adrien Brody [Arthur Miller]
• Bobby Cannavale [Joe DiMaggio]
• Toby Huss [Allan "Whitey" Snyder]
• Eric Matheny [Joseph Cotten]
• Michael Masini [Tony Curtis]
• Caspar Phillipson [John F. Kennedy/JFK]
• Xavier Samuel [Charles Chaplin Jr.]
• David Warshofsky [Darryl F. Zanuck]
• Luke Whoriskey [James Dean]
• Evan Williams [Edward G. Robinson Jr.]

Female Deaths

• Ana de Armas [Norma Jeane Mortensen/Marilyn Monroe]
• Julianne Nicholson [Gladys Pearl Baker]

Gallery

Ana de Armas

Trivia

1. The first NC-17 film of this decade.
2. According to Andrew Dominik, the script contains little dialogue and he has described the film as being an "avalanche of images and events."
3. Ana de Armas spent nine months trying to perfect the voice of Marilyn Monroe.
4. Netflix asked the director to tone down the sexual content. Regardless, the film received an NC-17 rating for it.
5. When questioned about the NC-17 rating of this film, director Andrew Dominik stated "It's a demanding film. If the audience doesn't like it, that's the f-king audience's problem. I'm not running for public office."
6. Naomi Watts and Jessica Chastain were both attached to star as Marilyn Monroe at different times but both ended up dropping out.
7. When the lead role was offered to Jessica Chastain, it was Brad Pitt (who is a producer on this film and co-starred with Chastain in The Tree of Life (2011) who convinced her to take the role. Chastain subsequently dropped out.
8. Ana de Armas' dog Elvis plays the role of Marilyn's dog.
9. Andrew Dominik's first narrative film since Killing Them Softly (2012).
10. Adam Robinson was the film's only editor. However, Netflix later hired Jennifer Lame (editor of Christopher Nolan's Tenet (2020)) for additional edits, likely to reduce the sexual content in the film.