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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

‘I truly believe she was close’: star of new biopic sensed Marilyn Monroe on set

Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde.
Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde. Photograph: Netflix

Shooting Blonde – the new biopic about Marilyn Monroe – in the apartment and room the Hollywood icon died in was like a “séance”, its director has said.

Andrew Dominik’s film starring Ana de Armas is having its world premiere at Venice on Thursday night. The nearly three-hour epic is based on a biographical novel by Joyce Carol Oates and examines the public and private life of Monroe, from her troubled childhood as Norma Jeane Mortenson to her global stardom.

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