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Get ready for a visually stunning biopic.
The upcoming Netflix movie Blonde is the highly anticipated fictional biopic about the life of Norma Jeane Mortensen aka Marilyn Monroe.
Hollywood star Ana de Armas is set to take on the role of the icon, having garnered popular performances in crime shows like Knives Out, the sci-fi film Blade Runner 2049 and the recent James Bond film No Time To She had.
Director Andrew Dominik has had this film in the works for over a decade, but now it’s finally time to get a first look at the film – with pictures and a trailer now released.
So here’s everything you need to know about the Netflix movie Blonde.
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Blonde movie release date and time
Blonde is released on Netflix Friday 23 September 2022 at 8:00 GMT.
The film is expected to premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2022, but is yet to be confirmed. It was not previously selected to premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
It is not yet known if and when the film will be in cinemas.
Film cast for blondes
The following actors have been confirmed to appear in the Netflix movie Blonde.
- Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe/Norma Jeane Mortensen
- Lily Fisher as young Norma Jeane Mortensen
- Adrien Brody as Arthur Miller
- Bobby Cannavale as Joe DiMaggio
- Julianne Nicholson as Gladys Pearl Baker
- Caspar Phillipson as President John F. Kennedy
- Toby Huss as Allan “Whitey” Snyder
- Sara Paxton as Miss Flynn
- David Warshofsky as Darryl F Zanuck
- Evan Williams as Edward G. Robinson Jr.
- Xavier Samuel as Charles Chaplin Jr.
- Garret Dillahunt as TBC
- Scoot McNairy as TBC
- Lucy DeVito as TBC
- Michael Masini as Tony Curtis
- Spencer Garrett as TBC
- Chris Lemmon as TBC
- Rebecca Wisocky as Yvet
- Ned Bellamy as Doc Fell
- Dan Butler as TBC
The biggest casting for the film is of course Ana de Armas in the role of the iconic Norma Jeane aka Marilyn Monroe.
de Armas is best known for her roles in Blade Runner 2049, Knives Out, and No Time To Die.
Meanwhile, Adrien Brody will play Marilyn’s husband and playwright Arthur Miller and Bobby Cannavale will play her former husband Joe DiMaggio.
Elsewhere, Monos actress Julianne Nicholson will portray Marilyn’s mother, Gladys Pearl Baker.
Blonde movie trailer
The first teaser trailer of Blonde was released on Thursday 16 June 2022.
The clip showcased the film’s stunning visuals and also gave the world its first glimpse of Ana de Armas as a Hollywood icon.
The footage ends with de Armas as Marilyn staring in a dressing room and laughing sadly into a mirror.
Catch the clip above.
What is the age rating for blonde?
Marilyn Monroe Biopic Blonde is reviewed NC-17 in the US, suggesting “adult” content in the film.
However, director Andrew Dominik told ScreenDaily that this is the US ratings board, which is “political”.
He said: “When I watch an episode of [HBO show] euphoriait’s far clearer than anything that goes on in it Blond.”
While he denied that the film contained a bloody menstrual oral sex scene, he confirmed that the film adapts a rape scene from the book.
“It’s a challenging film – it is what it is, it says what it says,” he remarked. “And if the audience doesn’t like it, that’s the damn audience’s problem. It is not running for public office.”
What is the Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde about?
Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by author Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde examines the life of the legendary Marilyn Monroe from her perspective.
The film has been in the works for years, with director Andrew Dominik beginning development on the film in 2010.
In a statement shared with Netflix Queue, star Ana de Armas – who was cast in the film in 2019 – said: “Andrew’s ambitions were very clear from the start – to present a version of Marilyn Monroe’s life through her lens.”
She added, “He wanted the world to know what it actually felt like to be not just Marilyn but also Norma Jeane. I found that the most daringtake over unapologetically and feministly she story that I had ever seen.”
Dominik told the streamer that he wanted to delve into Monroe’s psyche and that the film is meticulously based on real photographs – with the imagery influencing “every scene”.
Despite being rated adults-only, Dominik told the streamer that he made the film with “good intentions” and that it was more concerned with “the human cost of the Hollywood system, the power and dangers of female sexuality.”
The film aims to explore many important moments in Marilyn’s life and is not told in a conventional and chronological linear manner.
Blonde can surprise anyone!