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Although this happens definitively, it is quite unusual to hear about a major star appearing in a film with a note above an R. ButKnives outactorAna de Armas'turn likeMarilyn MonroeIn the next Netflix movieBlondwill be a case strictly reserved for adults. La Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) slapdedBlondwith an NC-17 note, which does itNetflix's first original film have this distinction. Fans will not discover exactly why the Monroe biopic has obtained the front ratingBlondwill be released later this year. (Netflix has not yet announced an exact first date.) But, in a new interview, the director of the filmAndrew DominikHaving hinted at what he thinks that reason could be - and promised that his film "would offer everyone". Read the rest to discover what he said else.

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Ana de Armas was not the first star to be considered for the main role inBlond. It was first announced in 2010 thatNaomi Watts would play Monroe; Later, it was reported that the party belonged toJessica Chastain. De Armas was thrown in 2019.

"It was themost intense work I have already done as an actress, "said of ArmasWeekly entertainment. "It took me a year to prepare for this - research and accent and everything you can imagine." However, she added that work was worth it. "It was the most beautiful thing I have ever done," she said. "I can't wait for him to come out. He's a very special film, and Andrew is a genius. He is one of the best filmmakers with whom I have ever worked."

Blondis an adaptation ofJoyce Carol OatesA novel of the same name and is a fictitious story of Monroe's life.

ByThe Hollywood Reporter,,Blondwas labeledWith a NC-17 note end of March. The MPAA decision did not come into detail, noting only that the rating was necessary due to "sexual content".

In an interview of February 2022 with Screen Daily, the director Dominik wasAnticipate the note reserved for adults. He described the decision as "a pile of [explanive]" and said that it was the result of "the board of directors of political notation" on Monroe as a subject. "If I watch an episode of [HBO Drama]Euphoria, it's much more graphic than anything that happensBlond," he added.

In the same daily interview, the director laughed rumors that Netflix opposed a graphic and unprecedented scene, calling for the "hilarious" claim. However, he confirmed thatBlondIncludes a rape scene which is also in the novel - and he had to negotiate with Netflix on the distance that could go.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"It's controversial, there is a bit to swallow," said Dominik. "It is a demanding film - that's what it is, he says what he says. And if the public does not like it, it is the problem of the public [explained]. It does not work for the public service. "

Addressing Vulture this month, Dominik said that he had not startedMake a film NC-17. "I thought we were colored inside the lines," he said about the note. "But I think that if you have a bunch of men and women in a conference room to talk about sexual behavior, maybe men will worry about what women think. It's just a period Strange. It's not like representations of happy sexuality. These are representations of situations that are ambiguous. And the Americans are really strange in terms of sexual behavior, don't you think? I don't know why. ""

But he has no regrets about how the film tells the story of Monroe. "On the one hand, I think that if I am given the choice, I prefer to go see the NC-17 version of Marilyn Monroe's story," he added. "Because we know that his life was on the edge, clearly,The way she ended. Do you want to see the wart version and all or do you want to see this disinfected version? ""

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Until now, by all accounts,BlondIsn't a film intended to make an audience at ease. In an interview in April with Collider, in fact, Dominikdescribed as "a tragedy" and "a nightmare".

""Blond is a film for all unloved children in the world, "said the director." It's likeCitizen Kane andFurious bull had a little girl. ""

In his conversation with Vulture, Dominik noted that his film could have been received differently if he had been presented in the rise of the #MeToo movement.

"We are in a time now, I think, where people are really uncertain about the location of the lines," he said. "It is a film that definitely has a morality on this subject. But it is swimming in very ambiguous waters because I do not think it will be as cut and dried as people want to see it. There is something in it for offend everyone. "

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