The Telegraph
Marilyn Monroe comes to life in a new film starring Emma Watson and Dame Judi Dench.
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My Week with Marilyn is an account of the week Marilyn Monroe spent in Britain in 1957 filming the Prince and the Showgirl with Laurence Olivier.
The BBC film stars Michelle Williams as the effervescent sexy Marilyn while Kenneth Branagh plays Olivier.
Emma Watson plays a wardrobe girl who loses the objects of her affections to the Hollywood star.
The Harry Potter star, who has just started back at Oxford University, has posted on her personal website “Hope you all like My Week with Marilyn”.
The 21-year-old will be playing her own age after more than a decade of playing the much younger Hermione in the Harry Potter films.
Oscar winner Dame Judi has a supporting role as author Dame Sybil Thornton.
Oscar winner Dame Judi has a supporting role as author Dame Sybil Thornton.
The film is based on the book by Colin Clark who worked as an assistant on the set of the Prince and the Showgirl and had a unique insight into the ‘real’ Monroe.
Newcomer Eddie Redmayne plays Clark, the lowly assistant director who soon loses interest in wardrobe girl Watson and becomes besotted with Marilyn Monroe.
Critics are already raving about the film, which was warmly received at the Cannes Film Festival.
Michelle Williams in particular has been praised for her faithful representation of Marilyn.
The film is also expected to do well as an insight into the glamour of 1950s movies against the austere backdrop of the UK at the time.
Newcomer Eddie Redmayne plays Clark, the lowly assistant director who soon loses interest in wardrobe girl Watson and becomes besotted with Marilyn Monroe.
Critics are already raving about the film, which was warmly received at the Cannes Film Festival.
Michelle Williams in particular has been praised for her faithful representation of Marilyn.
The film is also expected to do well as an insight into the glamour of 1950s movies against the austere backdrop of the UK at the time.
