Brokeback Mountain star to take on ultimate blonde bombshell.
Between Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino stripping in tandem in Norma Jean and Marilyn and the more recent New York magazine spread featuring Lindsay Lohan nude, screen superstar Marilyn Monroe has rightly received ample tribute. And now often-nude Michelle Williams is set to take on the role of one of America's most beloved icons.
IMDb reports:
The Brokeback Mountain star has reportedly been offered the lead in upcoming film My Week with Marilyn, winning the title role ahead of other actresses including Scarlett Johansson and Amy Adams who are both said to have been considered for the part.
British newspaper the Daily Mail reports director Simon Curtis and producer David Parfitt picked Williams to play Monroe, but are still waiting for the Oscar-nominated star to agree.
The picture will document Monroe's time filming 1957 movie The Prince and the Showgirl with Laurence Olivier and is based on a diary kept by the film's assistant director Colin Clarke.
My Week with Marilyn is due to begin shooting in London in June.Unfortunately The Prince and the Showgirl wasn't one of Marilyn's sexier films, but hopefully the film will explore Monroe's personal life as well. Thankfully Michelle Williams has proven an aptitude for nudity, going bare in five films and earning a spot in Mr. Skin's Hall of Fame, so if My Week with Marilyn delves into Monroe's marriage to playwright Arthur Miller, Michelle will likely be willing to offer stand-in skin for one of Hollywood's biggest legends.
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