Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe for Vogue
September 14, 2011 in Michelle Williams by Versus
31 year-old Michelle Williams portrays iconic Marilyn Monroe in the new movie My Week With Marilyn and she does the same thing in the October issue of Vogue Magazine.
Is it succesful… or not?
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She’s a very beautiful woman but just putting a pretty girl in a blonde wig does not make her Marilyn monroe and frankly i’m kind of sick of all the Marilyn tribute shoots. i know MW is doing a Marilyn film but it’s just over kill. yes she’s an icon but god she’s been dead for a long time, get some new material hollywood.
This is not just a shoot; Michelle is portraying Marilyn in the upcoming movie “My Week with Marilyn”. I think she did these promo pics for the film.
It’s all an illuminati/freemason conspiracy y’all. Note the sarcasm.
It is indeed.
Note the seriousness.
This is MK ultra.
Terrible casting for that movie.. Scarlett Jo, or some other sex-pot could pull it off i think,, Michelle seemed awkward.
I agree!
I am sick of all the imitators who think that a blond wig is all they need to look like Monroe. That just proves they do not understand her beauty.
Marilyn had beautiful big eyes that were cat shaped and looked sensual. They were not bulging big.
Her lips were plump, lush and had a gorgeous shape.
Michelle’s lips look flat.
Marilyn’s cheekbone structure was amazing.
All the impersonators make me laugh!
I agree that Michelle doesn’t look much like Marilyn, but you’re adulation of Marilyn is unwarranted.
She was a bleached, corseted, and plastic surgery-ized fake. She slept around and, honestly, wasn’t that fabulous of an actress.
She’s lucky she was alive when she was because today she would be just another bimbo celebutante.
“your opinion is wrong [continue to state own opinion like its a fact] ” -Amy
Yes, that’s exactly what I said. It’s not like I offered up any reasoning whatsoever to support my point.
Oh, and if your opinion is different from someone else’s, whoever gets there first is right and no one is allowed to refute them without deservedly getting called out by glib witticisms by intellectuals such as yourself.
Thank you, gT. Where would we be without you?
Plastic surgery? Exactly where did she have surgery?
She never had surgery. Her breasts were obviously natural and her face looked exactly the same when she was younger.
The surgery card is thrown around too much. You have no proof of it.
BTW pictures taken at different angles are NOT proof of surgery.
she had her nose done so marilyn isn’t as natural as hollywood make her out to be.
Marilyn had surgery. This doesn’t make her less of an icon. She had wonderful charisma, and her breasts were indeed natural. But she had work done on her nose, chin, and hairline. Her body was amazing, but she was not a great beauty face wise, imo.
she had a chin implant and a nose job in 1949. (i did the research for a friend who wrote a book-it is well known)
@bigvinamac
No, her nose looks the exact same when she was younger as it does in her older days.
You can take pictures of anybody and claim they’ve had face surgery.
Even two pictures taken on the same day can look very different.
try again!
@ JC
She is remembered decades after her death.
She must have been doing something right.
The chin implant accusation made me laugh.
What next? Did she also have butt implants?
Did she also pull her ears back?
Are you that intimidated by otherworldly beautiful women that you accuse all of them of surgery.
A woman can be naturally spectacular, just because you haven’t met them it does not mean they do not exist.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=marilyn+monroe+surgery+before+and+after&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1280&bih=639&tbm=isch&tbnid=4nt6el00_7M7hM:&imgrefurl=http://inyourface.ocregister.com/2010/06/04/memories-of-marilyn-monroe-plastic-surgery/17963/&docid=r5Lb5APhctoETM&w=278&h=275&ei=3mNwTse7L_TViAKPqez4Bg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=855&vpy=307&dur=17544&hovh=220&hovw=222&tx=178&ty=157&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=165&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:0
I’m not the type of person that thinks that everyone who’s good looking has had surgery. People CAN be stunning naturally. But marilyn monroe WAS hollywoodified, clearly. Her hairline is the same though(widow’s beak), and her chin is just as prominent, minus some weight…
The nose though, she clearly had her nostrils done, like arranging the position so the nose looks slimmer, MANY people do that. The nose slightly changes throughout the years, but not in the way her’s did. If you look at pictures where she is smiling after(blonde), you can tell the difference. No big deal. The body was all natural. so just the nose
OH it does says that the same doctor that did her nose did her chin, but that eight years later the collagen implant was absorbed and only the scar remained.
Not good enough!
Her nose looks exactly the same.
She just had different makeup techniques.
OK, guru, ignore the facts if you like. Ignore the research done by the dozens of people who have written about Marilyn over the years and the pictures quite literally staring you in the face showing two different noses.
I don’t deny that she is an icon, but she’s not the goddess that people (you) like to make her out to be. She was as fake as any celebrity today and, the physical aside, a terrible role model for young women.
Guru,
It is common knowledge that Marilyn had a nose job. Her surgeon still has the records and they have been authenticated.
Regardless, Marilyn was gorgeous.
She was a personality with some talent who got famous in the past and her legend still lives after so many years from her death.
Actress in the past were not so different from the actual ones, but once studios were able to cover up everything and gave them a manifactured story without problem: read the story of some of them, and you will see it. People tend to glamourize the past and see only the beauty, not all the dirt (which was the same, maybe even worst than today).
Re: plastic surgery, I believe the only thing MM did was a nose job, simply because it was the only type of surgery who could be performed without big problems (and you have to consider, for 1 actress who became famous, there were 1000 women who remained pin ups forever or got disfigurized after an operation). You want to see a better and more extreme work, see Rita Hayworth (aka Margarita Carmen Cansino)!
I totally agree Amy. Sure, Marilyn was beautiful but she was so…manufactured.
MM was a character. Her face, her make up, her look, her behaviour, her manners, the way she talked, the way she walked… everything look fake and unnatural to me, so I’m not really impressed
@Vanilla
You are making a very valid POINT and people keep reading it like you are expressing a personal opinion and not that you are stating that society does frown upon sleeping around
people on the internet really have trouble stepping outside and understand what someone means.
i personally would never want to `sleep around’, i did it very shortly (not even sleeping, just messing around) and it didn’t feel right. I find it to be something too intimate
Amy, there’s nothing wrong with sleeping around! You say that as if it’s a bad thing.
‘There’s nothing wrong with sleeping around’ – Wow, if the world actually not only thinking, but actually verbally expressing this, then I am appalled.
In EVERY SINGLE system of values, religion and moral code out there, regardless of its provenience, ‘sleeping around’, or, in more conceptual terms, ‘giving yourself to the physical pleasures, while disregarding moral and spiritual values’ is considered a ‘What Not to Do’ / sin / loss of dignity.
In which culture or system is sleeping around NOT a bad thing? From where did you get this ‘It’s OK to be promiscuous’ message? From Hollywood movies? Because I can’t think of any other source. Kindly explain.
I agree that there is sleeping around isn’t a bad thing, as long as both parties are on the same terms and are generally being safe( no unwanted pregnancies or diseases). I’m quite liberal in this aspect, and I certainly don’t agree with waiting to have sex until marriage( there IS such a thing as not being compatible sexually, and no matter how much people try to deny it, sex can really make or break a relationship. Some might be happy living in a platonic, purely “loving your significant other for the person they are on the inside” relationship, but generally, unless you are asexual, you will have sexual needs, which is a totally natural biological and psychological thing, nothing to be ashamed of!), but what I do consider a bad thing though, is knowingly seeking out and sleeping around with unavailable, married men.
@ Lala,
There is a long way and a huge difference between sleeping with 1 or maybe 2 boyfriends you love before marriage in the attempt of seeing if you are compatible and with the hope and plan to spend the rest of your lives together AND sleeping around, which implies casual sex, sex for pleasure with multiple partners you do not love / care about. I was referring to the latter, which implies promiscuity and degrading yourself.
Vanilla, we live in the 21st century. Sleeping with more than 2people is not degrading yourself. Everyone is different and everyone has the right to do what they want with their bodies. You should keep your prejudices to yourself. Oh, btw, some of us don’t want to get married. bye now.
@ Uma,
Of course everyone has the right to do what they want, I never said otherwise. Everybody will be accordingly rewarded, there are consequences. But to state that ‘sleeping around is not a bad thing’ when the moral systems of society still consider it a bad thing (even if you don’t) is something else.
A prejudice implies making a personal judgment with no foundation such as: ‘You are a **** if you sleep around, imo’. What I did is very different: I stated that no moral system / system of values in the world tolerates ‘sleeping around’ and none of you were able to give me one example of a valid system that accepts it. This is not a prejudice, it’s an overview of our society – if society itself makes prejudices, then that is different.
Furthermore, even if you have no intention of getting married, it doesn’t mean that you automatically have to sleep around, obviously. I referred to marriage because Lala brought it in the discussion.
People keep using the phrase ‘We live in the 21st century’, it’s really a cliché by now that proves nothing. Really, what do people mean by it? That this current century is far superior to all the others? Isn’t that amazing narcissism.
There’s something MAJORLY wrong with sleeping around when you or your lover are married to someone else.
Vanilla. You are certainly entitled to your opinion. I respect that you think that sleeping around is a bad thing. I would tend to agree with you to an extent. It does put people at a greater risk for many emotional and physical problems. That said, I think you’re way off base saying that it’s considered a bad thing to every single “moral” person out there. Not everyone subscribes to the moral code of major religions. Sex doesn’t negate other moral values like kindness and respect for other human beings. You don’t have to be “spiritual” to be “moral”.
Wow are you crazy?! yes it is a bad thing, and almost if not all religions consider it a sin. What will you teach your daughter? That it’s not bad to sleep around?! Give me a break!
I guess someone hasn’t heard of hedonism. Oh yeah, ’cause it’s a philosophical concept and it involves thinking. Something that a religious full of moral higher than thou shall never be able to do. If for you it’s a sin and against values, fine. My values are: honesty, fairness, intelligence, power, courage. Someone’s sex life and personal business is of none of my interest. Neither do i classify a person based on their interest or lack of for sex. It’s the mediocre people who discuss other people. And finally I cannot believe i actually took the time to write this and give explanations to some close minded person, who thinks that the rights and liberties of the 21st century are bs. Yeah, we should all go back to oppressing everyone except white noble men. FYI, in case you missed out on history, that’s why this century is better than the others. But sure, i and other single women are whores and not righteous enough to be worthy of respect because we happen to enjoy sex. Of course.
I’m siding with edith – wtf has who/how many people any woman sleeps with got to do with anyone else? As long as we are not talking about married people, then why should anyone else care?
@ vanilla, if by “sleeping around” you mean sleeping with people you aren’t in a relationship with, having sex purely for the sake of physical gratification, then NO, not “every” culture and society in the world deems this “bad” or a “loss of dignity”. Maybe it is in all the major religions, but not in ALL the religions and certainly not in all cultures and societies. You forget that only some people are religious, many people are not part of any religion. If you really think the whole world, every country, culture, sub-culture, and society deems “giving yourself to the physical desires” as “bad” then you are obviously not very well traveled.
Oh and – “People keep using the phrase ‘We live in the 21st century’, it’s really a cliché by now that proves nothing. Really, what do people mean by it? That this current century is far superior to all the others? Isn’t that amazing narcissism.”
Yeah, you are right, so narcissistic of uma to mention that this is the 21st century (what she means by that is that times have changed, and attitudes to sex have changed, I would think it’s obvious what she meant but I guess not.) And you are right, things now are not at all superior, back when black people were treated as second class citizens, back further when they were treated as property, back when women had no voice, no rights, back when people were thrown in to mental hospitals and locked up for life just for having seizures, or getting pregnant outside of marriage, back when “witches” were burned at the stake and people were hung for stealing a loaf of bread, back when people died before they even reached 30, back when children were forced to work while a whip is cracked across their back, back in those days things were just as good as they are now. Right?
Since when is it okay to sleep around? I get the majority of people do it but that doesn’t make it okay. Don’t get offended anyone, personal opinion!
Well hedonism isn’t a religion. It was a philosophy (a very selfish one) created by Democritus that revolved in living life in extreme self-indulgence, and is extremely linked with philosophical egoism. No thanks.
Girl you got balls! I’m not necessarily agreeing with you but I must say I admire the way you just spoke your mind, knowing for sure that you might have been burnt at the stake for uttering such ‘blasphemy’about the beloved Miss Monroe.
@ Uma,
You can not be at the same time, intelligent and use such juvenile sarcasm. Make up your mind and pick one attitude or the other.
Secondly, please teach your kids to guide their life based on hedonism. Casual sex, selfishness, drugs, alcohol, smoking, all pleasure.
@ snoops,
I am well traveled, have lived on 3 continents and speak 5 languages as a result. Of course I am aware that in certain subcultures casual sex is promoted, but I was asking for a MAJOR, VALID system of values as an example. There isn’t any. 97% of the people in this world adhere, in a form or another, willingly or pressured by society, to a system that says that casual sex is a bad thing.
vanilla: you think the 21st century is no better than any other. i have nothing to explain to you. i nor anyone else for that matter owe you absolutely no explanation. oh, and news flash, us people in the 21st century enjoy our right of not wanting children.
Absolutely wrong vanilla! Both Uma and I have made valid points which you just chose to ignore and just keep saying the same thing over like a broken record. I have lived in 4 different countries and the only one where “casual sex” was considered (by the majority) as “bad” was the U.A.E. Perhaps on your christian travels you didn’t integrate with non-religious people and so missed out on what is actually going on in society, or perhaps people just feel they have to not talk about or even lie about their sex life or attitudes around you because you come off as very judgemental. And as Uma has pointed out, you seem deluded if you really feel things were as good as, or better, in the past, when no one had any rights and people were killed and persecuted just for not fitting a certain mold.
@ snoops,
I am not a Christian. And yes, all the things I mentioned are typical to today’s society, they did exist in the past, but not close to this level. In the same way, racism, persecution (your examples) still exist today, but they were worse in the past. And sarcasm, you too? It’s juvenile. It doesn’t make you look smart – this is an advice, not an insult.
@ Uma,
’cause everyone can do what they want. if you really cannot see that judging someone else for what they do with their body in their time than, that is wrong. way more than “sleeping around”’
So now YOU label my actions as WRONG? The exact same thing that you are preaching against? If you are free to have casual sex, then I am free to have an opinion about it. The thing is, a person like me, who has a moral set of values is OBLIGATED to tell you when you are doing something wrong, in an attempt to help you. It is my DUTY to have this anti-sleeping around campaign, since I do not want the world to degrade. I would be wrong if I didn’t say anything.
Actually laughed at your last comment, not a Christian? Well your sure as hell a something, you think it’s your duty to “save” us from our “corruption” so don’t even try to kid that this isn’t a religious thing.
And no it is not your duty to tell us how to live, it’s actually none of your business!
Anyway I am actually done with this Vanilla, there is no point trying to get our point across to someone with a mindset like yours.
Even sarcasm, you take your snobbery out on that too? Don’t you realise that in some cultures/societies sarcasm is part of their wit? Ever been to the U.K?
Anyway I’m done, going to watch some T.V and let my mind be turned to mush, better that way probably, at least then when I burn in hell I won’t have the clarity of mind to know what’s happening to me
@Snoops
Do you have something against Christians? You sound bitter as hell.
Yes Nicole…and Uma, too. Wow.
Why should she look exactly like her to play her? It’s just a film/portrayal. They clearly wanted a good actress not a carbon copy… Or impersonator. Noone went mad that cate blanchet didn’t look exactly like katharine Hepburn and yet she still won an oscar for her ‘impersonation’. Wait and see the film and then decide if she was a good choice for the role.
On a side note, I think MW gained bit of weight and looks good for it.
Spot on with your comment!!!! I bet she’ll nail it, too.
@ Snoops,
You mentioned around 10 things that yes, were worse in different times. Ironically, the only one of them that applies to the subject (sex) wouldn’t even exist if it wasn’t for casual sex. I could write a book about the millions of things that show the involution of our society, morally speaking.
BY YOUR MORAL SYSTEM. your opinion is not absolute truth, it’s just that, an opinion. all those things snoops stated are FACTS. are you even capable of understanding the difference between facts and opinion/believes? ’cause you are surely not showing it.
The masses idolizing plastic bimbos with fake everything, then undergoing life-threatening, useless surgeries themselves, kids starving themselves to death and bleaching their butts to look like Kim because looks is what society labels as most important, married couples swinging because they (blasphemy) love each other, spending your life drugged in clubs’ bathrooms then puking your life away thanks to alcohol, teens killing teens for fun because of bloody games and movies that teach you absolutely nothing, except how to be a social retard, spending your live on the couch and eating chemicals, getting morbidly obese while watching the Kardashians and gross movies that get bloodier and bloodier, more violent every year, meeting and being corrupted people at any levels of the society, spending 2 million $ not to save a country, but on a gold bed to show off how important you are, spreading your legs to get a secretary job and doing the same thing in magazines in order to get men to ejaculate on your pictures…. oh yes, the beauty of the 21st century, it is indeed the best, morally superior century anybody could think of.
Vanilla, removed by admin* actually.
What kind of history did you learn in school? All those things you mentioned (vanity, greed, murder, violence, drugs) ALL existed in the past too. You think these things were just suddenly invented in the 21st century? You don’t think people liked to spend their riches on ridiculous things in the past? You don’t think people liked to get intoxicated or high? You don’t people committed murder and violent crime?
You haven’t illustrated anything except for the evolution of the WAY in which people do these things. Let’s not forget women used to put poison on their skin in order to look more “beautiful”.
Uma is right you don’t actually seem to grasp the difference between a fact and an opinion/belief.
By the way, since you are a lover of the past so much (yet somehow, so ignorant to it), why don’t you reflect how in the pre-christian society orgies, and multiple sex partners were common place? The sex lives of those in the past would make the 21st century look tame in comparison.
Also I love how you have decided that violence/murder (a new phenomenon of the 21st century, lol) is all down to violent games and movies. It’s a huge and on-going debate if such things even have an influence, being debated around the world by professionals, but no worries, Vanilla has the answer.
I agree. Michelle is attractive in her own way, but looks nothing like her. Her face shape/features are too soft and round…Marilyn’s gorgeous, Michelle’s “cute”.
Abbbsolutely agree. Does she work this shoot? I think not. Ur rigt, she looks like a girl in a short blonde wig; nothing like the icon that is maralyn Monroe. The last 3 are a bit better than the first, but still don’t hold a flame to her. Just that they r better editorial pictures.
I agree and I donj’t think she looks like marilyn really I’m surprised they cast her to be honest because she comes across nothing like Marilyn in these photos Marilyn always looked softer more sultry and sort of damsel in distress Michelle seems far too strong and i dont know moody I think its the eyes they look dark and brown whewreas Marilyns were lighter blue and softer.
I have dark brown eyes and I always think I would look softer more femanine happier if I had blue eyes I always get accused of being moody and giving people dirty looks when i’m not
Michelle looks good in the shoot but not like Marilyn
She’s not doing Monroe’s trademark “bedroom eyes” either. Seriously?
I like the first one and the last 3, I think they’re great and embody a lot of Marylin Monroe. I don’t the cover is that succesful though…
The shoot looks okay.
Marilyn Monroe shoots have been done.
Frankly I’m super tired about seeing and hearing about Marilyn Monroe. Yaaawn. What else is new?
Michelle Williams is beautiful in her own right but I don’t understand how she was cast to portray Monroe; the only resemblance is the platinum hair. It’s the same thing with Gretchen Mol as Bettie Page – lovely actress in an unsuited role.
Why should she look exactly like her to play her? Maybe they wanted a good actress who has a slight resemblance rather than someone who looks just like her but can’t act as well.
I think Scarlett Johansson would have been perfect for the part.
I agree looks wise but I’m not sure if she could have pulled of the voice.
and i don’t mean singing voice.
True, she has the look and sex appeal down pat, but properly pulling off the “Marilyn” voice might have been difficult for her!
I think Michelle will be far more believable as Marilyn because of her far superior acting skills.
Agreed, Michelle might not look as much like marilyn but unlike Scarlet, michelle can act (I do love scarlet, but she isn’t much of an actress I feel).
I think Scarlett is a pretty decent actress. Michelle can act well, though, this is true. I can’t wait to see the movie!!
Agree. Scarlett is not a great actress imo
Hm… I think Scarlett was great in Match Point. Are you sure you’ve seen her at her best?
Yeah she was really good in “Match Point”. Great movie!
Agreed. Scarjo was great in Match Point. That was a great movie.
Yes it was but I must admit that I watched it for JRM
Yes, I’ve seen her in several movies and I’m not impressed. She is bland and boring to me, and I have the impression that she is always playing the same character.
I guess she’s OK, but not great at all IMO
You’re so right! If I were Scarlett I’d be offended now. lol.
That’s what I was thinking! Scarlett Johansson (when she has light blonde or platinum blonde hair) reminds me of Marilyn Monroe. But there voices are very different…
i don’t like it! I’m surprised. I usually find michelle williams lovely but the close ups here really don’t do her any justice at all. Her face looks plain and i think- because as i say I think she is very pretty- its because she isn’t marilyn. I never was much of a fan, except for Some Like It Hot which I love, but suddenly I have new appreciation for her beauty. The expectation of what I feel i should see in a ‘marilyn shoot’ versus what actually is there, leaves poor michelle looking like a poor substitute. Marilyn really did have perfectly proportioned features and a smile that drew you in- none of which are in evidence here.
I haven’t seen michelle act since dawsons creek so i don’t know what to expect from the film but hopefully she can bring more than simply looks to the role.
Oh man, do yourself a favor and see some of her work! I love her. She was great in Blue Valentine, and even though Shutter Island was lame, she was haunting…lol.
Not nearly as voluptuous as the real Marilyn… you can really tell it in the 4th shot. But she looks nice enough.
that last picture is gorgeous!!
isnt michelle more of an apple shape?
I think she captures Marilyn best in the last picture – just by the positioning of the legs! Shows that it doesn’t have to be the white dress and lipstick every time.
In the first picture she looks like Kim Catrall don’t you think?
Now that you mention it, she does bear a striking resemblance to Ms. Catrall.. I think it’s the eyebrows being so dark in comparison to the hair, along with the facial structure..
She is really one of the few true “gamine beauties” of our generation, however bears absolutely no resemblance to Marilyn, neither facially or shape-wise. Then again, neither did Mira Sorvino. I agree with the other commenters, we know about Marilyn’s life, there have been quite a few movies by now… there were also many other successful and very famous actresses/sex symbols from that era, why not do a movie on them?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo…
I’m sure she will be good in this movie because she’s a capable actress, but she is NOT Marilyn Monroe. Putting a wig on her and some pads won’t give her the same charm and beauty!
I haven’t seen a woman yet who could pull off the Marylin look. So many have tried and failed. Nobody really looks like her enough to make it believable. It takes more than just having blonde hair and a mole.
Agree. I don’t really think she looks like Marilyn Monroe, but as long as delusional Lindsey Lohan is not the one portraying her than all is okay. BTW I’m sure Lohan is crying her eyes for not getting this role.
Huh, I thought Lindsay’s Monroe-esque photos were actually really good. They embodied Marilyn without being exact copies.
Oh wow no way…IMO, Lindsay’s Marilyn-inspired photo spread was so terrible, it almost looked like she was mocking Marilyn. No grace or poise at all.
Lindsay’s “marilyn” shoot looked more like what marilyn actually looks like. Now.
I’m not even saying that to be mean, lindsay seriously looks half-dead (drugs are bad).
word on that snoops
Agreed! She does NO justice to Marilyn whatsoever!
I beg to differ, Just go outside of hollywood and check out some of the modern day pinup models.A couple of them really do justice to Marilyn but they’re models, not actresses. Just check out this lovely lady, she goes by Jami Deadly. http://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/5394580#5394580
Acting ability aside, I’ve always though Britney Spears was a lookalike. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=britney+spears+marilyn+monroe+look+a+like&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1136&bih=725&tbm=isch&tbnid=caJ798onFN7VrM:&imgrefurl=http://cheezburger.com/View/2913282816&docid=lU4i78FUU3UkgM&w=401&h=271&ei=NZlwTuC_HZLTgQew5MmNBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=402&vpy=172&dur=369&hovh=167&hovw=258&tx=139&ty=100&page=1&tbnh=154&tbnw=247&start=0&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0
I think Britney’s nose is similar to Marilyn, and maybe their hairlines and the shape of their eyes (though Marilyn’s were blue and Britney’s are brown). They have some similar features, but I wouldn’t say they look alike too much.
Oh and their eyebrows and lips are are very similar shape too.
Where is the signature beauty mark?!!!
She doesn’t come even come close to Marilyn’s beauty.
oh hell NO!
im not even mad at michelle. im mad at the people of vogue. the fool who hired her to play marilyn in the first place.
and this damn recyclin shit hollywood has been on for the longest damn time now.
you all need to stay the hell away from the camera!
My first choice was Scarlett J, but I’m not mad at them for choosing Michelle. She is a natural beauty and she does have some curves naturally. I do hope she does her justice.
Scarlet doesn’t have the delicate facial features that Marylin had. I find her very over rated and lacking in charisma which is something Marylin had in bucket loads.
This is so Iluminati
umm i don’t think you know what that word means
Go listen to Lady Gaga.
Haha!
She way too skinny to be Marilyn and her nose is waaay too pointy! Even Lindsay lohan was more convincing in her Marilyn inspired shoot.
Lindsay’s portrayal was terrible!
Marilyn had nice curves, but she was very slim. I’m not sure what you mean by “too skinny”.
I love m.williams! EXTREMELY talented and beautiful. I’ll bet she makes a great marilyn.
Lilo’s attempt was over the top for me. I think it was her cartoonish facial expressions
Ugh that photo of Marliyn leaning over the edge in New York is one of my favorite picss. Michelle does NOT do her justice
FAIL
Doesn’t work. The only actress I’ve see portray Marilyn convincingly is Poppy Montgomery in Blonde.
Looks more like a young Kathleen Turner.
Michelle is beautiful but she lacks the natural sex appeal that Marilyn possessed. She doesn’t quite do it for me.
That’s exactly how I feel! She’s pretty, but just doesn’t give off the right vibe. She looks a little boring. Good actress though, so maybe on film she will be more convincing than in stills.
Completely agree. Michelle is a wonderful actress but she lacks the sex appeal that Marilyn had.
She is too thin for Marilyn.
By today’s sizing standards, Marilyn would have been a 4, a 6 or 8 at her heaviest.
ugh. she lacks sensuality, thats the problem
scarlett doesn’t look any more like Monroe BUT she is a sensual woman, and it shows
Michelle is just cute
Agree!
Do you realize that its a film about marilyn and not a doppelganger contest.Also MM was not just a sensual maneater,above all she was a lost and tortured soul.I like the unusual choice.I am looking forward to her take on the role and hope for a portait of the ‘other’ Marilyn.
She is lovely but she just doesn´t make it as marylin, I think Scarlett Johansson was betterfor the part
She looks very pretty but dosen’t have the sex appeal that she had but to be fair to her its only going to be a promotional thing for her new film. The only person who will ever look like Marilyn Monroe is Marilyn Monroe.
For some reason I really like Michelle William’s face. I think she is beautiful. In Shutter Island she was beautiful too.
Love the last picture
Her face is too peculiar. I don’t think she is the best choice to imitate anyone…
She looks beautiful as Michelle, though!
I don’t think Michelle was a very good choice to play Marilyn. She’s a very good actress, but I think people just expect something else. I’ve seen Scarlett’s name thrown around a bit, and I think physically she would work. Personally, though, I think Christina Hendricks would have been an awesome choice. She’s got the right body type already (I read that Michelle actually had to wear padding to get Monroe’s curves), she has a very similar voice, and her face has that same wide-eyed innocence to it that Marilyn’s did. I’m sure Michelle will do well, but Christina would have been a better choice, in my opinion.
Seriously, look at these two pics. The first is Christina, the second is Marilyn.
http://cdn.1920×1200.net/posts/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/christina_hendricks_1280_800_sep252010.jpg
http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1189501546328&id=4ccaf277aeb17e15ddf21419a7d5b6b9
She captures the look perfectly in that picture, and she’s not even trying to do an imitation. With the right makeup and a good blonde wig…just sayin’.
thats a nice pic of CH, shes got such a cute face..but your forgetting that she lacks the body to play marilyn. she’s like 30 pounds heavier than marilyn was….even with blonde hair, i just dont see it.
I don’t necessarily agree, but she could always lose weight for the role. Michelle had to gain weight and wear padding. Overall I just think she captures the essence of Marilyn better than anyone else without even trying.
Christina Hendricks is way too large a size to play Marilyn.. Marilyn would be like a modern day size 6 while Christina must be at least 10 or something! Marilyn also had a delicate frame while Christina looks more big-boned. Bodywise I think Scarlett Johansson would be a perfect Marilyn!
I agree that Marilyn was very tiny…most people don’t realize this because they want to believe that she was a modern day size 14 or 16.
But since when is a size 10 large? Christina looks much bigger than that. I wear a size 8 or 10, depending on the clothes, and I still have a small frame.
I think she looks great I reckon she can pull it off.
Body wise in these pics she looks great and similar to Marilyn famous figure
She looks awful in these shoots.
imma say it:
marilyn monroe’s physical appearance is overrated.
But you can’t deny how much is particular. I’m the first in saying that MM is overrated (she’s far from being “the most beautiful woman”) in terms of looks, but she had a way of moving in front of the camera and a fascinating appeal that no one has never been able to replicate. Thatìs way you can take a blonde woman, gave her the right clothes and make her move like Marilyn, and she’ll never be the same.
yes i agree on that one. I think her appeal derived from her unique personality that combined passion, pain, melancholy, naivity, kindness, sensuality, narcissm and her longing for love – she was broken just as many celebrities of our times but unlike them she always kept on bonding with simply everybody, she kept on being glamourous and seductive for you because she felt like it was her duty.
every troubled celebrity out there recognizes their right of being an individual, having privacy and isolation from the public but it was like marilyn belonged to the public. that’s at least the impression i got.
Michelle Williams is a pretty enough woman and a good actress but she does not work as Marilyn…I sure hope she can embody the persona on screen, though, maybe that’s why they picked her. Christina Hendricks would’ve rocked as Marilyn! Just do her hair blonde and give her brown contacts and she’s good to go!
Brown eye contacts? Marilyn monroe had deep blue eyes, so does christina hendricks.
Yeah I agree that Hendricks could pull off playing the legendary hollywood sex icon but that’s not what this movie or the character is about. That said CH has also way too big boobs to portray MM, she …could play Jayne Mansfields in an upcoming role
Yeah, Marilyn had blue eyes. But they were dark blue, so I can see how they might look brown in some pics.
Ugh, nothing against Michelle here but…strictly judging by these photos, she does not to Marilyn any justice at all. I think a far better choice(for the photo shoot anyways) would be venturing outisde of hollywood and hiring one of the modern day pinup models to get the job done. Those lovely ladies channel Marilyn far better than anyone in hollywood today could possibly do. I posted a link above but I’m gonna do it again.
Here is Jami Deadly looking very much like Ms Monroe in this photo. http://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/5394580#5394580
it’s not a rumor, they really did have an affair, she also slept with his brother robert kennedy. She is looking so hot and sexy.
http://www.zimbio.com/Beauty+Products+and+Tips/articles/U8eoJV_rU07/Eye+Secrets+Review+Beautifully+golden+spark
I think the first and last pictures are really stunning and they’ve definitely achieved a very Marilyn-esque look and feel. Michelle Williams really is beautiful. The other two pictures, even though Michelle still looks great, don’t look very Marilyn to me. I think it’s to do with the angling of Michelle’s face front on, her face doesn’t look as delicate as Marilyn’s from that angle. Still, a gorgeous woman.
she is look like a gorgeous and cute stylist modern and fancy fashionable lady.
http://www.zimbio.com/Water+Filter+and+Garden+Products/articles/b_yYJ4iMSfi/EZ+Breathe+Review+Keeps+Healthy+Fresh
everything’s cool except her boring face
I think what people are forgetting is that Michelle Williams has been cast in a film that appears to be exploring a different side of Marilyn, not necessarily a re-hash of the pin up poses and body type that is basically superficial in comparison to the life and persona of this fragile fascinating woman. She isn’t supposed to look like Marilyn, no one can and why should they? Lets see if she pulls off playing the role of the complicated Marilyn away from the cinema screen, because thats why she was cast for. These promo shots are wonderful; she looks beautiful and so glamourous on the cover yet her expression in some of the others infers an understanding of the complexity of her character.
I don’t think people are forgetting that. Exploring a different side to her character is fine, but you can’t ignore the obvious traits that people have come to recognize as distinctly Marilyn. It would be like playing James Dean in a suit and tie, or Audrey Hepburn as a sex kitten. I’m sure James Dean had a serious and mature side, but people need to see that rebellious streak. And I’m sure Audrey Hepburn could be a little bit dirty and seductive, but her poise and class are the things that defined her persona. Marilyn Monroe was a thoughtful, vulnerable, complex human being, but she was also sexy in a way that Michelle Williams just isn’t.
hmm no. I don’t expect an actress to be identical to MM in order to interpret her on the screen, but Michelle doesn’t have the innocence and is not sexy as Marilyn. Maybe in the movie she is fine, but I don’t see MM in these photos.
For me, Mira Sorvino was better Marilyn.
she’s an apple and her face is plain.
) no marilyn
She’s a good actress, but she doesn’t look like Marilyn Monroe. They should have cast Amy Adams when they had the chance. Even Lindsay Lohan does a better Marilyn. That Kara girl from ‘If I Can Dream’ did a good job of it too, but she’s too young and who knows if she can act.
havent seen michelle williams in forever!!! they did a good job on the makeup, but i feel like marilyn monroe had more hair than michelle and smiled more in pictures??
I don’t think Michelle makes the best Marilyn, but thank god the didn’t cast Lindsay Lohan. I bet she’s seething right now, because of her delusions of grandeur and obsession with Marilyn, she surely thinks she deserved the part.
ok, for all the prudes up there: no one says sleeping around is ok. but point is, one shouldn’t have the right to say it’s not ok, neither. why? cause everyone can do what they want. and it’s not anyone else’s position the judge. if you really cannot see that judging someone else for what they do with their body in their time than, that is wrong. way more than “sleeping around”. and please, stop with the marriage and children already, not everyone wants the same thing in life, what’s so hard to understand?
i’m virtually high fiving snoops for being so cool. and for understanding sarcasm. that’s definitely a quality in my book. (for those less fortunate, sarcasm is in fact the most intelligent form of humour and it is not juvenile as infants to not have the mental capacity to use sarcasm); this conversation was absolutely delightful, lol. i wish i could have one of those legendary outros, with me going to have sex, unfortunately i am just studying. but that’s ok too, it’s still only something that stupid women with no intention to pursue their meaning (i.e., husband, children, kitchen) do. how outrageous, women having sex and careers. ok, i’m really over now with this.
Being sarcastic doesn’t make a person more intelligent, it just makes them seem arrogant.
Alrighty I’m pretty sure I’m one of the ‘prudes’ you referred to considering I don’t believe in sleeping around. Why don’t I believe in sleeping around? Strictly because of the dangers. You have a much higher chance of contracting an STD and also it can be emotionally damaging(to some people).
However do I care if other sleep around? Well..depending on who they are–no I don’t. Maybe I’m a selfish person but the only life I really focus on living is mine. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with sharing different views and I quite enjoy discussing but I wouldn’t want anyone telling me how I should live my life so I won’t do it to others.
Oh and virtual high five for not wanting kids! Major pet peeve of mine that people expect me to have kids because I’m a woman. I’d much rather have a thriving, successful career that I could be proud of. Besides, I really dislike children.
“Maybe I’m a selfish person but the only life I really focus on living is mine. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with sharing different views and I quite enjoy discussing but I wouldn’t want anyone telling me how I should live my life so I won’t do it to others.”
This was exactly what i was trying to point out. I know my comments were a bit incoherent, I don’t always have the time – or the interest tbh – to post elaborate comments. And neah, your not a prude, if you were you would have definitely not given such a reasonable comment
And thank you for the high five, hihi.
i absolutely love the bottom photo. also, on the photo with four pictures, i really like the bottom one on the right. i think she does a good job in that photo of really capturing marilyn- beautiful but not necessarily confident. the one above it is good too, the hooded eyes and kind of druggish look.
i love the look, love the style, love michelle williams!
Marilyn Monroe was a sexy woman with a pretty face, but she did have some plastic surgery on her face and there is proof in doctor’s documents that are authentic. I don’t really care too much about plastic/cosmetic surgery because people can make their own decisions about their face & body, the only time I have a problem with it is when people go too far (especially at a young age). Marilyn never went too far I think, and she was cute even without the surgery – less pretty, but still cute. Marilyn’s natural hair color was a reddish-brown, but she really became a famous bombshell with the blonde hair which looked better on her. So in some ways, she was just as manufactured and “fake” as the celebrities today like Megan Fox. Also, I think Marilyn was a good actress and she seemed intelligent, but people didn’t always take her seriously which is unfortunate. She was beautiful and talented (and I love her quotes) so its easy to see why Marilyn is still a huge icon after all these years. I’m not saying she was the best role-model and lived the best life, she probably did stupid things, but I’m not going to a judge a dead person that I’ve never met.
As for Michelle Williams. I thinks she’s very pretty and her face has some similarities with Marilyn, but Scarlett Johansson embodies Marilyn’s sensual/sexy nature more. I hope Michelle does a good job though, she is a good actress.
Surgery or not- She was a one of a kind beauty, and unfortunately, this woman and these photos just do not do her justice. They should have gone with an unknown, somewhere who really embodied her spirit and uh, physical attributes.
someone*
Michelle Williams is beautiful lady ,i love her look, love her style, you done good job,carry on dear
As a massive marilyn fan I can say that the first and last pictures are amazing, but the ones inbetween I just don’t think have the marilyn persona. Just my opinion though ill still be going to see the movie
xx
the pics are ok, but by looking at them am not much convinced, but i hope actingwise Michelle will be able to pull off this part..
also can’t wait for the another Marilyn movie with Naomi Watts, i wonder how she will look like cos in terms of acting just like Michelle i think she can pull it off
Anyone who thinks Marilyn’s looks are overrated needs to have their eyes checked. Her beauty is incredible, luminous; at once earthy and divine. Her delicate bone structure, angelic skin,her big almond shaped blue eyes, small upturned nose, pouty luscious lips…her skeletal structure slight and her hourglass figure slim, full perky breasts, tiny waist, curvy hips and round bottom, shapely legs…perfect woman. Put any woman beside her and she looks like a man ( i.e watch gentlemen prefer blondes and see how she looks beside Jayne Mansfield).She looks perhaps even more beautiful in her last years of life. Her fragility and elegance make her pure cinema in the misfits. Her sheer drive and courage to become somebody,overcoming many challenges that would thoroughly hinder someone else with her goals,her intelligence, her acting genius, her melodious voice, she is rightly the most written about woman of the 20′th century. A great essay regarding her life is written by Ayn Rand…more people that have “opinions” about her should look into her more and take their preconceived notions out the window. As far as American legends are concerned, as a woman she stands alone. Michelle williams is a good actress and I hope she will transmitt a shred of Marilyn’s personna on screen…anyone who mentions Scarlett is an idiot. Besides being unattratctive ( large nose, long chin, big head, small eyes, stubby legs, flat bum) she is hardly an actress at all. If only Nicole Kidman was shorter and curvier as she is a fantastic actress and has beauty and grace. She’s the only one that can offer a solid portrayal of her in our time.
She looks Nothing like Marylin,(Michelle willaims),Sure I”ll get suck into watching it,But there are plenty more hopefuls out there!
shes really pretty but i personally dont see her as looking like marilyn monroe … maybe it just me ? i dont know.
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