How False Eyelashes, Wigs and Blue Contact Lenses Helped Ana de Armas Transform Into Marilyn Monroe for ‘Blonde’

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Ana de Armas has been showing off some incredible red carpet style as she makes the rounds promoting her new Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde – including a gorgeous black and white polka dot dress for a recent appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers. RELATED: Ana de Armas stuns in polka dot dress on Late Night with Seth MeyersThe midi length look by Alessandra Rich, whose fans include Princess Kate, has both a classic vibe and feels thoroughly modern - and we wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to add it to your wardrobe ASAP. MORE: Obsessed with Kate Middleton's Alessandra Rich dress? ASOS has the perfect lookalikeSHOP: This H&M denim shirt dress is near-identical to Meghan Markle's winning looIn fact, we loved Ana's dotty dress so much we tracked down an H&M lookalike!Blonde star Ana de Armas rocked a £1,490 polka dot Alessandra Rich dress for her appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers. So you can get the Knives Out star's royal and Hollywood-approved dress for £1,490, or bag the high street version for under £30.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor In the end, an old-fashioned filmmaking trick involving heated cardboard helped costume designers re-create Marilyn Monroe’s famous pleated halter dress from “The Seven Year Itch” for Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde.” “On paper, it looks easy,” says “Blonde” costume designer Jennifer Johnson, who worked on many of Monroe’s looks — including that one — for the movie, which is now streaming on Netflix. She started by outfitting the film’s star, Ana de Armas, with a facsimile of the dress from a costume house. “It looked cute,” but it wasn’t right, says Johnson.

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Kim Kardashian have been inspired by her signature platinum blonde hair, red lipstick, and body-hugging gowns. Now, Ana de Armas is joining the Marilyn club in Andrew Dominik’s long-awaited Blonde, and her transformation into the public and private iterations of Norma Jeane is flawless. "It’s hard not to be a super fan of Marilyn because I think she’s seeped into all of our subconscious," Blonde costume designer Jennifer Johnson tells Elle.

Since her death more than 60 years ago, fans have wondered if Marilyn Monroe had children and whether she wanted a family with any of her three husbands.

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Marilyn Monroe is one of Hollywood’s most enduring stars, but the tragedy of her short life often overshadows what an incredible talent and in-demand face she was on-screen. With 33 acting credits in a career lasting just 15 years, you might be wondering what Marilyn Monroe’s net worth was and who inherited her estate after she died.

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Michael Nordine author “There is no meaning to life apart from the movie story,” writes Joyce Carol Oates in the opening pages of “Blonde,” “and there is no movie story apart from the darkened movie theater.” If it was inevitable that Oates’ novel about Marilyn Monroe would be made into a movie, it’s also a little ironic that that movie was made by Netflix — suffice to say that few who see “Blonde” will do so in a darkened movie theater. How many potential viewers are scared off by its runtime of 167 minutes is impossible to say, but there is a good reason for its protracted length: The book is similarly imposing at 738 pages. A finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, Blonde was released in 2000 and adapted once before — not that the CBS miniseries starring Poppy Montgomery garnered nearly as much attention as this new version has.

Ana de Armas has been showing off some incredible red carpet style as she makes the rounds promoting her new Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde – including a gorgeous black and white polka dot dress for a recent appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers. RELATED: Ana de Armas stuns in polka dot dress on Late Night with Seth MeyersThe midi length look by Alessandra Rich, whose fans include Princess Kate, has both a classic vibe and feels thoroughly modern - and we wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to add it to your wardrobe ASAP. MORE: Obsessed with Kate Middleton's Alessandra Rich dress? ASOS has the perfect lookalikeSHOP: This H&M denim shirt dress is near-identical to Meghan Markle's winning looIn fact, we loved Ana's dotty dress so much we tracked down an H&M lookalike!Blonde star Ana de Armas rocked a £1,490 polka dot Alessandra Rich dress for her appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers. So you can get the Knives Out star's royal and Hollywood-approved dress for £1,490, or bag the high street version for under £30.

“Blonde” director Andrew Dominik has strong opinions about cultural icon Marilyn Monroe as his NC-17-rated Netflix film starring Ana de Armas as the golden-haired bombshell dropped on Wednesday.Although Dominik. 54, created the movie inspired by Joyce Carol Oates’ fictional book, he’s not a big fan of the late actress’ film career.Dominik spoke to Sight and Sound magazine’s film critic Christina Newland, who shared a portion of her interview that didn’t make the official profile on Twitter Tuesday.“She’s somebody who’s become this huge cultural thing in a whole load of movies that nobody really watches, right?” the New Zealand filmmaker said.

Blonde‘s explicit scenes, claiming they’re harder for people to watch than they were for her to make.In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actress – who stars in the Netflix film as Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe – discussed some of the movie’s more uncomfortable moments.These range from sexual assault to abortion, as well as a scene in which Monroe performs oral sex on President John F. Kennedy. However, de Armas made it clear that she always felt safe on set with director and writer Andrew Dominik.“It’s harder for people to watch [those scenes] than for me to make them, because I understood what I was doing and I felt very protected and safe,’ she said.“I didn’t feel exploited because I was in control.

Ana De Armas is currently making waves for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the movie, Blonde, but behind the scenes, her real life is intriguing too. The actress was married for two years to fellow Spanish actor and model, Marc Clotet, several years before she began dating Ben Affleck. MORE: Ana De Armas wore a dress just like Princess Kate's and nobody noticed Ana and Marc looked picture perfect as they walked down the aisle in an intimate ceremony in Costa Brava. WATCH: Ana De Armas stars in steamy movie with Ben Affleck The pair's love didn't last though, and they were only married for two years from 2011-2013 before they divorced. At the time, Marc insisted it was amicable and confirmed their split to Diez Minutos while attending the 2013 Goya Awards. During the interview, the star added: "We are still friends," and are believed to still be. READ: Did you notice Ana de Armas' tribute to Marilyn Monroe at Venice Film Festival?MORE: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son Archie greets them from school in the most adorable way Marc has a celebrated acting career and became a household name for his appearances in numerous soap operas in his home country before making the transition to film.

2000 best seller of the same title by Joyce Carol Oates, is being rolled out on big and small screens by Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B. “Blonde,” rated NC-17, opened in select theaters Friday. It’s slated for national release on Sept. 23, and will stream globally via Netflix on Sept.

de Armas’ performance.Fans of Ana De Armas or Marilyn Monroe herself may be wondering how to watch “Blonde,” and we’ve gathered the details below.“Blonde” will be streaming on Netflix starting Sept. 28Yes, the film opened in select theaters on Sept. 16.

Ethan Shanfeld “Blonde” director Andrew Dominik has previously said he was unfamiliar with Marilyn Monroe’s filmography before adapting Joyce Carol Oates’ book about the late actor. Now, Dominik says Monroe starred in a “whole lot of movies that nobody really watches,” calling her famous romance film “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” a movie about “well-dressed whores.” Dominik’s comments were part of an outtake from an interview with the British Film Institute’s Sight and Sound Magazine. Journalist Christina Newland, who conducted the interview, posted the transcript on Twitter, in which Dominik asked, “Does anyone watch Marilyn Monroe movies?” Newland added in a follow-up tweet: “I do want to make sure I’m doing my due diligence here: [Dominik] did talk about and reference many of her films. He clearly had studied and watched everything: whether he liked it (bar ‘Some Like it Hot,’ which he loves) another story, evidently.”

Netflix’s new Marilyn Monroe movie that hopes to be a major contender during awards season.Running time: 166 minutes. Rated NC-17 (some sexual content). Out Sept.