Ever since we heard that Michelle Williams would be playing the lead role in the upcoming film My Week with Marilyn, we’ve been curious if she’d be able to do such an iconic figure justice. No disrespect to her acting chops intended — it can be difficult to embody characters who are so entrenched in pop culture without it coming off as caricature (see: David Bowie as Andy Warhol in Basquiat). If this Annie Leibovitz-shot feature in the October issue of Vogue is any indication, then at the very least Ms. Williams has nailed the aesthetics of the part.
“As soon as I finished the script, I knew that I wanted to do it, and then I spent six months trying to talk myself out of it,” she tells interviewer Adam Green. “But I always knew that I never really had a choice… I’ve started to believe that you get the piece of material that you were ready for.” Click through to check out the images, and let us know in the comments what you think of her take on Marilyn.
Photo credit: Annie Leibovitz for Vogue
Photo credit: Annie Leibovitz for Vogue
Photo credit: Annie Leibovitz for Vogue
Photo credit: Annie Leibovitz for Vogue
Photo credit: Annie Leibovitz for Vogue
Photo credit: Annie Leibovitz for Vogue
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Comments (7)
Ugh. Marilyn has been done to death and Michelle Williams with her average looks is not really pulling this off.
What a waste of effort. Stupid concept, ugly photographs.
I have nothing against Michelle but I just don’t think she has the presence needed for this role, it looks like nothing more than an editorial spread, or at the very least a last minute Halloween Costume.
That being said, I have no idea who I would cast as Marilyn, no contemporary actress comes close in my mind.
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Michelle is a wonderfully talented actress, but it would be like casting Danny Devito to play Abe Lincoln. There’s talent, brilliant actor, but he couldn’t do it. Marilyn is known world-wide for her beauty and to cast Michelle or Mira Sorvino is a joke. Apparently they’ve never heard of beauties like Charlize Theron or Naomi Watts? It’s gonna be a hard sell, I’m not buying it!
i luv Michelle! she looks awesome getting into Marilyn’s skin and soul… can’t wait to see the movie
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