Blonde

Blonde (2022)

Timing: 2:47 (167 min)

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Video 10

Photo 102

Actors and characters

Release date

2022-09-16

Country

United States

Production

Plan B Entertainment

Genre

Drama

Budget

$20 000 000

Revenue

$0

Website

https://www.netflix.com/title/80174263

Director

Andrew Dominik

Actors

Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Sara Paxton, Lucy DeVito, Julianne Nicholson, Scoot McNairy, Xavier Samuel, Caspar Phillipson, Evan Williams
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Scenario

Andrew Dominik

Producer

Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tracey Landon, Scott Robertson, Christina Oh

Operator

Chayse Irvin

Composer

Nick Cave

Artist

Audition

Laray Mayfield

Editing

Adam Robinson, Liv Roush
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• The film does not claim biographical accuracy and contains numerous artistic liberties.
• Naomi Watts and Jessica Chastain were considered for the lead role.
• To resemble Marilyn Monroe, Ana de Armas had to wear a blonde wig, blue contact lenses, and special dental veneers.
• Ana de Armas said she spent nine months perfecting Marilyn Monroe’s American accent. After a preview screening of the film in 2021, audiences complained that she spoke "like a Cuban." Director Andrew Dominik stated in an interview that the actress’s sound was made more American during post-production.
• Marilyn Monroe’s dog was played by Ana de Armas’s dog named Elvis.
• The opening scenes of the film were shot in the apartment where Marilyn Monroe once lived with her mother. Monroe’s death was filmed in the same place where she actually died. Work on the film began on August 4, 2019, the anniversary of Monroe’s death.
• Ana de Armas said that she spent 9 months perfecting Marilyn Monroe’s American accent. After a preview screening in 2021, audiences complained that she spoke “like a Cuban.” Director Andrew Dominik stated in an interview that the actress’s sound was made more American during post-production.