Ana de Armas

The evocative biopic is set to arrive on Netflix in September.

Fame is what made Marilyn the most visible person in the world, but it also made Norma the most invisible.” We’d pore over every detail in the photo and debate what was happening in it. In between the glimpses of her public life, she pulls herself together backstage, flashing a million dollar smile just seconds after crying.

The movie, based on the bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates, is notable for its NC-17 rating. The supporting cast includes Bobby Cannavale, Adrien Brody, ...

Netflix “insisted” on bringing in “Hereditary” and “Tenet” editor Jennifer Lame to “curb the excesses of the movie.” Dominik added that “Blonde is “a demanding movie. Fame is what made Marilyn the most visible person in the world, but it also made Norma the most invisible.” We’d pore over every detail in the photo and debate what was happening in it.

Blondes really do have more fun. Ana de Armas revealed the first photos and video trailer playing Marilyn Monroe in the upcoming Netflix biopic “Blonde,” ...

De Armas didn’t go blond for “Blonde,” but she did wear a bald cap for her transformation. “It was like, three and a half hours every day of makeup. The Cuban actress shared, “Andrew’s ambitions were very clear from the start — to present a version of Marilyn Monroe’s life through her lens.

Ana De Armas looks undeniably identical to the Late Marilyn Monroe with platinum blonde curls. The trailer of the Netflix original film "Blonde" aired on ...

The trailer gives us a peek at Monroe's on-stage and private personas throughout her life. As she sobs with despair, we can see the agony of the beloved icon. Each of the 47 consecutive filming days began bright and early with up to three hours of hair and makeup, De Armas confirmed to the Netflix Queue. Dominik's adaptation of the late Monroe is set to feature some of her most notable performances throughout her career, according to Netflix. For example, in the trailer, you'll see De Armas with shoulder-length Hollywood waves parted to one side of her face as she reenacts Monroe's iconic "Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend" performance in Howard Hawks's musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

Set to depict an unflinching fictional portrait of the Hollywood icon's life, the project has been highly anticipated ever since de Armas's casting was ...

The actress also told ELLE UK that “it was a big, big, big challenge playing Marilyn Monroe.” Her hair changed shades of blonde all the time, and got shorter and longer. The first question was always, ‘What was Norma Jeane feeling here?’” I want to go and see the NC-17 version of the Marilyn Monroe story.” We’d pore over every detail in the photo and debate what was happening in it. Ana de Armas is going Blonde. The Knives Out and No Time to Die star will portray Marilyn Monroe in a drama directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James) that’s headed to Netflix this fall.

Ana de Armas appeared in the first teaser of "Blonde" as Marilyn Monroe in Netflix's upcoming film, debuting in September.

"When someone has the audacity to put it on and walk in it up the stairs, you're so ignorant to the history of that piece of fabric that it makes me so angry." I’m extremely respectful to the dress and what it means to American history. I would never want to sit in it or eat in it or have any risk of any damage to it, and I won’t be wearing the kind of body makeup I usually do,” Kardashian told Vogue at the time. "The first question was always, ‘What was Norma Jeane feeling here?’ We wanted to tell the human side of her story. "He wanted the world to experience what it actually felt like to not only be Marilyn, but also Norma Jeane," she explained. It was like skin on her body," says Morrissette.

Ana de Armas rocks a curly platinum-blond wig to portray Marilyn Monroe in Netflix's Blonde. See the actor's spot-on hairstyle here.

"[Marilyn] went through different shades of blonde from golden to really platinum, so for these wigs that are beautifully made, you can't have anything dark underneath, so we had to make a bald cap every single day from my forehead to [around] my whole head," she told the publication. The actor is set to portray Marilyn Monroe in Netflix's "Blonde" later this year, and with the help of a curly blond wig, red lipstick, and fake mole, she looks nearly identical to the Hollywood icon. Ana de Armas's latest role calls for quite the dramatic hair transformation.