Here’s our first look at Michelle Williams in her role as the iconic Marilyn Monroe in Simon Curtis’ “My Week With Marilyn.”
It’s a remarkable similarity for Williams, often and rightfully touted as one of the best actresses of her generation. The story uses the diaries of Colin Clark (to be played by rising star Eddie Redmayne), an assistant on the set of the 1956 film “The Prince And The Showgirl,” and tells the story of the tumultuous production which teamed Monroe up with Laurence Olivier.
Lensing on “My Week With Marilyn” began today in London with Julia Ormond and Dougray Scott also added to the cast, which already boasts the likes of Kenneth Branagh as Olivier, Judi Dench as Dame Sybil Thorndike, Emma Watson as a costume designer, Dominic Cooper as producer Milton Greene, Derek Jacobi as a royal librarian and Toby Jones in an unnamed role. Ormond, in fact, replaces Catherine Zeta Jones who was evidently set to play the role of Vivien Leigh but had to pull out due to her husband, Michael Douglas’ recent throat cancer diagnosis, while Scott will play Arthur Miller.
Scribe Adrian Hodges adapted Clark’s diaries for the screen with David Parfitt (“Shakespeare In Love”) producing through his Trademark Films shingle, and The Weinstein Company already on board as distributor and co-financeers along side BBC Films and Lipsync Productions.
