29.09 / 04:15
Entertainment
Netflix
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.
