Meet the actors from Marilyn Monroe’s polyamorous throuple in Netflix’s ‘Blonde’
Blonde has finally arrived on Netflix.Directed by Andrew Dominik, the film adapts Joyce Carol Oates’ book of the same name, featuring Ana de Armas (Knives Out) as the iconic star in this fictionalized—and controversial—account of her fabled life and career.Blonde has made headlines and been met with mixed reviews since premiering at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, upsetting moviegoers with its graphic depictions of sexual violence.
According to the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes, the “hard to watch” feature “teeters between commenting on [Monroe’s] exploitation and contributing to it.”In other words, proceed with caution—this is far from your typical biopic.Minor spoilers for Blonde ahead.Dark as it may be, there is at least one sequence of the filmthat we couldn’t look away from, and that’s Monroe’s whirlwind romance with fellow actors Charles Chaplin Jr. (Xavier Samuel) and Edward G.
Robinson Jr (Evan Williams). That’s right, in Blonde’s imagined spin on Ms. Norma Jean’s life, she was once in a polyamorous throuple with two men—and they had no problem sharing.Early in the film, just as Monroe’s career is starting to take off, she meets “Cass” and “Eddy” at the LA Actor’s Circle.
They’re some of the first people in Hollywood to see her for the star she is, and soon the three fall into bed together.But when Monroe lands a breakthrough role in the noir Niagra, she is cautioned to limit her public appearances with her lovers.
