Seen here at the London premiere of Salt today, Angelina Jolie will reportedly play Marilyn Monroe in a new biopic told through.. the eyes of her dog? Okay, sure. The Daily Telegraph reports:
Speculation over the project has been growing over the last few months. Scarlett Johansson had been linked to the Monroe role, and Mr O’Hagen had previously suggested that Mad Men actress Christina Hendricks could also play the lead role.
The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe follows Monroe’s last two years through the eyes of her pet, Maf, a Maltese terrier which was a gift from Sinatra in 1960.
Oh, phew, the movie’s fucking nuts. For a minute there, I was concerned about seeing Marilyn Monroe look like a former heroin addict collapsing under the weight of raising six international children, but now I realize it’s being filmed in CrazyVision and everything’s all better. *puts down The Catcher in the Rye, washes off clown make-up* Haha! That was close.
Photos: Getty, Splash News
Jonesy | August 16, 2010 at 4:35 pm
First
Mr. Nice Guy | August 16, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Juli said it best.
This is a role for Scarlett Johansson. Angelina is no Marilyn Monroe!
Matrim | August 16, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Yeah, ‘cept Angie can actually act.
Mr. Nice Guy | August 16, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Who cares, I will take Scarlett Johansson!
snarkyscreenname | August 17, 2010 at 1:51 pm
@ Matrim,
Marilyn Monroe couldn’t have acted her way out of a paper bag!!! She was just a hot piece of tail. Scarlett is best for the roll. She’s bulit more like Ms. Monroe…her lips are closer in appearance. She’s already mostly blonde. Just sayin.
nans | August 23, 2010 at 6:38 pm
agreee
CARLO | August 18, 2010 at 10:23 am
She’s gonna have to eat a lot to gain the weight needed to play Marilyn Monroe. Angelina is far hotter than “MM” ever was.
I’m sure she’ll be great. BTW…look at these pics! She’s still gorgeous!
CJ | August 16, 2010 at 4:36 pm
i think they could have picked someone better. Just my opinion.
jenna | August 16, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Agreed. AJ looks washed out. They need to find a natural beauty with an hourglass figure. Or at least someone pretty who can wear a corset. And for the love of god, do not say Megan Fox. No talent!
bocon | August 16, 2010 at 7:24 pm
yeah right ~~ envidiosa hahahahha
CJ | August 16, 2010 at 8:18 pm
According to today’s standards, Marylin would be considered a big girl. I agree, they need to find someone that has some curves to her. Angelina looks like she could injure a person if they try to hug her. She’s so angular looking.
Cyrus | August 16, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Please, Monroe is the most overrated celebrity of the 20th century. Why are people so fascinated with her. She wasn’t even that great looking.
i am your god | August 16, 2010 at 4:41 pm
you are the stupidest person ever, of all time, in the entire universe, of each and every possible reality
Mr. Nice Guy | August 16, 2010 at 5:06 pm
You are my god on this. Cyrus is insane!
jenna | August 16, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Also agreeing. But Sophia Loren was gorgeous.
dudeatdudedotdude | August 16, 2010 at 6:30 pm
jolie as monroe. think when madonna played evita. imho it’s the last straw.
aj get your bike i’ll get the shark tank.
agree scarjo could pull it off.
bardot was my quintessential sex symbol. still have a signed pic of her on my wall. heart her forever.
Mee Mee | August 17, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Scarjo can’t act worth a crap.
Matrim | August 16, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Eh, Monroe was very hot, but certainly not the hottest woman from that era (Audrey Hepburn and Rita Hayworth were both hotter, just to name a couple). If she hadn’t died the way she had she wouldn’t be nearly as remembered.
Mr. Nice Guy | August 16, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Monroe was the hottest woman from her era.
FrankNfrtr | August 16, 2010 at 4:41 pm
This can’t be true. Reads like a huge steaming pile of BS.
But if it is……..Jolie could probably pull it off.
Viv | August 16, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Sure why not? with tons of CGI and airbrushing no one will be able to see the difference between them.
Ba‘al Zebûb | August 16, 2010 at 4:42 pm
She should have been cast to play Marilyns sphincter after a long night with the Kennedy klan at their compound. Lucky for her she got out before Teddy could give her a ride home or to the airport.
dudeatdudedotdude | August 16, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Lol
MARY JO: Ted I’m pregnant
TED: We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it
fester | August 16, 2010 at 4:43 pm
It’s a great fit because of course Marilyn was covered with tattoos too. No wait, I’m thinking of Amy Winehouse, I always get her and Marilyn confused. Dead people all look the same to me.
Mandi | August 17, 2010 at 9:56 am
hahahahahahaha
castallare | August 16, 2010 at 4:48 pm
I’m a fan of Jolie all the way but I don’t see this being a role for her. Marilyn was a high-voiced, giddy, lovestruck girl who grappled with terrible depression and substance abuse while fighting off the demons of her past. Jolie is just about the opposite: deep-voiced, in control of her life and career, utterly professional in all her projects. Jolie may have had a crazy streak in there for a while but it’s hard to argue that that wasn’t an affectation for publicity that definitely worked.
Also, Jolie looks terrible as a blonde.
ctti | August 17, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Agreed.
Andrea | August 16, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Why not? I mean, in Salt she plays a chick who can kick guys asses…even with thighs the size of a young boy’s forearm.
jess | August 16, 2010 at 4:55 pm
You guys are missing the point. At the time she was very sexy and it was unheard of to be that thin and wear the amount of clothing she used to wear… she is a sex icon..
Emma | August 16, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Angelina Jolie looks anorexic now. Monroe was very curvy. Jolie needs to start eating cheeseburgers if she wants to be Marilyn Monroe.
Juli | August 16, 2010 at 5:03 pm
WTF!
That’s a role for Scarlett Johansson. Angelina is a great actress, but wth, she is no Marilyn Monroe!
just sayin' | August 16, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Jolie is much better looking than Marilyn Monroe, and a better actress as well. Monroe’s appeal was she seemed so vulnerable, but she was never a beauty. She looks like Laurel of the Laurel and Hardy duo. Nevertheless, her life was tragic – she was used, especially by the Kennedys, both John and Bobbie.
Mr. Nice Guy | August 16, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Marilyn Monroe was a 9+
Today Jolie 6-7 at best.
robynnn | August 16, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Kate Winslet could & should do it!!
also maybe Tila Tequila or Kate Gosselin
erin | June 8, 2011 at 1:35 pm
you are insane.
bez | August 16, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Scarlett Johannson doesnt look like her either. maybe a less known actress who does resemble her. i hate when they compare main stream actresses *johannson* ands singers *agulaira* they look f**k all like her. *the end*
hah! | August 16, 2010 at 6:53 pm
i hate this news… this can never work!
Frobs | August 16, 2010 at 7:47 pm
So..are they going to CGI Angelina’s body again? Last I checked, Marilyn Monroe wasn’t covered in ugly fucking tattoos. Plus, Marilyn had nice curves. Angie has the figure of a two-by-four.
Worst. Casting. Evar.
just sayin' | August 16, 2010 at 8:01 pm
A little plaster, a little paint, makes a girl what she ain’t. The movies know how to do that.
Artofwar | August 16, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Marylin Monroe was passed around more than BBQ sauce at a NAACP convention. And as for her talent, marginal. And in reference to her aesthetics, slightly above average. For Angelina Jolie, this role would be a cinch, she would be playing herself
ilikesake | August 17, 2010 at 1:15 am
What the hell are you talking about? BBQ sauce? Naacp?
Almost had a joke, son…
Izzy | August 16, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Personally if she dyed her hair blonde (I think she may even be a natural one) I think Christina Hendricks would have been more suited for this role. Much more then Jolie, Johansson and the such.
Jolie is a good actress, but she looks nothing like Marilyn and she would certainly have to gain quite a bit of weight. I think the casting agents and the director just picked Jolie for her big name and publicity appeal to bring in a box office draw with it. Plus you have to admit people would be curious to see how she would pull it off, but yeah, she was really the wrong choice.
jessesgirl | August 17, 2010 at 5:44 am
I agree with Hendricks. Jolie is so wrong it’s not even funny. It’s not only the weight – even if she gained 20lb she would still be so wrong. She’s just too alien and gothy looking.
umm | August 18, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Hendricks is too big and ugly for the part. I don’t think Angelina is right for it either, but at least she is gorgeous. That huge ranga is not attractive, at all. If she didn’t have enormous breasts, nobody would say she was hot. She is not ‘curvy’, she is overweight. It looks disgusting and out of proportion to her neck and forearms. Marilyn Monroe was curvy, ie she had an hourglass shape without being fat. She had a fantastic body. So does Angelina, just in a different way. The best candidate, based purely on appearance, out of those mentioned is obviously Scarlett.
No, um... | August 16, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Seriously guys, hate all you want, but Brit’s got this face.
captain america | August 16, 2010 at 11:00 pm
well, THEY BOTH LOVE TO FOOL AMERICANS.
………..even the president.
♫ | August 16, 2010 at 11:13 pm
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
LUMBERJACKJAWSKANK | August 17, 2010 at 12:33 am
ahahahaaa that’s hilarious ..
big ol blockhead , no waist , skinny legs , vampire junkie jolie …
OH YEAH ! l
blockhead | August 17, 2010 at 12:36 am
cristina hendricks only one who can play marilyn ….hang it up skanks ….
especially YOU AJ you bug eyed bucktoothed punkinheaded skank ..
the GREAT BEAUTY goddess is fotoshopped to hell you morons , check her out in real life sometime …FUGLY an UGLY body ewwwwww
blockhead | August 17, 2010 at 12:38 am
above comment VERY astute !
not only does BRIT have the face ..
she got the acting talent ….
AJ is a joke & she was laughed at while filming salt ..
she’s an idiot ..
Funny? | March 24, 2011 at 6:49 pm
Yeah!! cause you were at the set while she was filming Salt… Yeah is true, She and Britney does have the same face but you can never compare none of those ladys to Angelina Jolie’s acting! she a serious actress.. She an idiot cause you hate her for no reason right? LOL you are the JOKE here
ClassyDirtyChick | August 17, 2010 at 6:27 am
Why the hell. does she get to have this role, just because she’s famous and considered a good actor… errrrrr?!?
She is bony, sour, tattooed & dark. Yeah, great casting there. I always think of a bony sour tattooed dark person when I think Marilyn Monroe.
Marilyn Monroe – The Revenge. Back for more, with a Gun. Out Now.
Doc Schweinstrudel | August 17, 2010 at 6:34 am
I love Angelina, she is so beautiful. Can never guess what her eye color is, blue or green or what? She sure doesn’t look good as blond though and nothing like Monroe, she is just not that type.
But she can act so who knows…50/50
Christina Hendricks is surely more suitable.
frisbeeken | August 17, 2010 at 8:25 am
Of course, because she’s the most eligible from the Hollywood 25. The same 25 people that are in every other movie that Hollywood makes. That’s why I love independant films and laugh my ass off when Independents win Golden Globes and Oscars. Hollywood fuckin pieces of shit.
Burt | August 17, 2010 at 11:09 am
“Of course, because she’s the most eligible from the Hollywood 25. The same 25 people that are in every other movie that Hollywood makes. ”
You certainly got that right.
“Independents win Golden Globes and Oscars. ”
Actually, you can count on reporters bombarding us with story about Oscar buzz the moment she’s shot her first scene. To put it simply, I don’t pay much attention to the Oscars.
K | August 17, 2010 at 8:43 am
Did nobody here see “Life or something like it”??? If not, google it!
Angelina played a Monroe like character, she even pulled the big platinum blonde hair and girly clothes.
However she is far too beautiful and unique looking to play Marylin Monroe. People would be too busy comparing the two, to enjoy the movie. Besides, i think the whole “rumor” is complete bull.
F | March 24, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Thank you!! Angelina Is way too beutiful and UNIQUE!! you can see a lot of girls that look like Marilyn Monroe today but not like Angelina Jolie beside whatever! there are bunch of Jolie’s hater here God!
holy shitter | August 17, 2010 at 9:35 am
jolie looks like the trailer trash version of marilyn
Nini | August 17, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Guys, what are u talking about? Are u crazy? Jolie and Monroe are totally different personalities and looks. How can u compare that stupid and ugly Jolie with Monroe at all? Monroe was amazing WOMAN. And she looked like a WOMAN. OK? Stupid Jolie is just a walking skeleton. Of cause, she’s not playing Monroe. It would be ridiculous.
Jenny | March 24, 2011 at 7:13 pm
what about FUCK YOU??
I bet you are very UGLY looking
Brooke | August 17, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Isn’t it The Catcher IN The Rye, Fish? I didn’t bother to check how many other people pointed out the same thing.
Why does Hollywood ever consider putting Jolie in a movie that isn’t softcore porn or straight-up action? Because the woman can’t act! She and Halle Berry (sp?) getting oscars were flukes.
ddfsds | August 19, 2010 at 3:09 am
marilyn monroe looks just like britney spears..they have the exact same face
D | August 25, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Christina Aguilera comes closest to looking like Marilyn Monroe. She has a hot body and a sexy face, I would do her!
Richard | September 28, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Angelina is nothing like Marilyn. I can see Christina Aguilera as Marilyn Monroe. She looks like Marilyn – short, curvy, plump and sex kittenish with a nice smile and an attractive face. She also has some good acting chops from what I hear.
Joanne | February 16, 2011 at 4:07 pm
In my opinion Christina Aguilera and Scarlett Johansson are the modern day contenders…
Rad | March 15, 2011 at 5:35 pm
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no | March 15, 2011 at 5:38 pm
Christina Uglylera looks nothing like Marilyn Monroe Marilyn was not short christina is 5’0 Marilyn was 5’6 Christina has bowed legs,fake nose,boobs and ugly face.Christina looks more like Snookie or hatchet face so don’t be comparing her to Marilyn who was way bigger and more stunning.
Ha Ha | March 15, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Christina Hendricks is a good match Britney and Christina are not aging well at all.
May | March 15, 2011 at 5:44 pm
Marilyn can’t be compared none of them can play her they all try and fail she was and always will be number 1 and all of them from Christina A, Gwen S, Lindsay, Anna N, Madonna, Brit and I could keep going will always be remembered for copying Marilyn and making money off her and for being Marilyn POSERS.
thatsfreakingfunny | March 20, 2011 at 2:56 pm
How the heck can they even say Christina A looks even a bit like Marilyn?.Christina A is too harsh looking to play Marilyn.Marilyn had an aura about her that can’t be compared.Christina can dye her hair and wear red lipstick all she want’s and still not look like Marilyn.I agree that Christina Hendricks who talks and looks like she could be Marilyns sister or Brit are a good match.And for the ones that said Marilyn was short she was not short she was 5’5.5 and her measurements were around an 8 -12 in our day. Christina A is like 5’1 a size 0-4 not curvy at all .Marilyn also had a very attractive face and extreme hourglass shape,Christina has a very tiny body even though she has gained weight even a little weight makes her look big but she also has a big nose.We can not compare any of these ladies because they don’t have that special life energy that Marilyn had coming out of her being and that transformed pictures and film.
Funny? | March 24, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Britney look exactly like her. I don’t know if she can pull the acting but she surly look like her.
As for Angelina she can really act. I don’t Understand why so much hate toward someone who haven’t do anything to any one here but anyways as for acting she’s a serois actress, she can pull it but she is not curvy and she is too skinny.
Now Marilyn was a babe and hot and all but between 2003-2006 to me Angelina was wayy HOTTER than Monroe on her best and look everybody is like saying soo many ppl that actually look like Marilyn but Jolie is not a common beauty and give it up already ppl, skinny and all the women is BEAUTIFUL and she is legend already
me | April 27, 2011 at 12:09 pm
You must be kidding right because Angelina is a scarecrow with a serious skinny body, no curves.Marilyn Monroe is number one most of those celebs want to be like her soo Marilyn is soo much hotter than Angelina.No one is saying Angelina is better than Marilyn even dead Marilyn Monroe is one of the most copied stars of today look at Christina Aguilera and Brit, Lindsay L,Gwen S,Anna Nicole,Paris H,Megan F, Madonna and there are too many too list .I really don’t see any stars trying to be like Agelina Jolie.