See Jack Lemmon's sosie son, Chris, who plays him in Netflix's "blonde"
He has a flashy camera and you will miss you in the controversial film on the life of Marilyn Monroe.
The new controversialMarilyn Monroe filmBlond is not for everyone- Not even all the fan of the emblematic star or the old Hollywood in the generals. But, certain aspects of the film Classic Film Fans could find particularly interesting. Many criticisms have underlined the attention of the details in the recreation of certainKey moments of Monroe's public life And his performances, below the casting of the people around him. For a particular co-star,Blondturned to a family member to represent him.Jack LemmonsonChris Lemmon, 68, makes a brief cameo of the film like his famous father.
Chris is one of Jack's two children. He welcomed Chris with his first wife,Cynthia Stone, to whom he married 1950 to 1956. The star then welcomedCourtney Lemmon With his second wife,Felicia Farr. Jack and Farr were married from 1962 toThe strange coupleThe death of the actor in 2001.
Read the rest to learn more about Chris Lemmon, his relationship with his father and his involvement inBlond.
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Monroe and Jack played together in a beloved film.
Jack was one of Monroe's co-stars in the 1959 filmSome love it hot, in which Monroe plays a member of a travel group as a woman, while Jack andTony Curtis are two men who disguise themselves and join the group to hide from the gangsters who are looking for them.
In an interview of 1993 withCharlie Rose (Going throughExpress), Jack said thatHe and Monroe got along "Great" while discussing what he said was his fear of the camera.
"What happened is - I'm going to be an analyst in a chair as if I really knew it - because we loved each other and we were and we got along well," said Jack. "Yes, she was afraid because she would be fully dressed and invented and everything and was always sitting for an hour or more in the small portable locker room on the set and does not go out before she was expressed and could face cameras. "
Chris appears in a scene describing the production of this film.
InBlond, Chris portrays Jack during the shooting ofSome love it hot, does like the character of his father "Daphne".
This filmingwas obviously stressful, As Monroe was faced with drug addiction problems at the time. She had a hard time remembering the lines and presenting herself on time for work. While Jack was 34 years old whenSome love it hot is released, Chris is currently 68 years old. As the film was released, Chris was four years old.
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Chris is also a professional actor.
HisBlondCameo is not Chris' first role. He has been an actor since the 1970s, although he has not appeared as much on the screen in recent years as before. In a 2019 interview with Fox News,Chris said he had retired After undergoing a pulmonary transplant. When he was still working regularly, however, he was in the television seriesDuo andLanding, among others. He was also in three films with Jack:Airport '77,,That's life!, andFather.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Even before playing his father, the interpreter did not minimize his connection with the story of Hollywood. Chris wrote the 2006 bookA torsion of Lemmon: a tribute to my fatherand thenAdapted in a stage show, in which he played.
Chris said that his father "had seen [Monroe] for what she was".
In his interview with Fox News, Chris spoke of his father's working relationship with Monroe.
"It was great," he said. "He saw Marilyn for what she was, unlike the character. ... Marilyn had her own gadget. But it was not at all. She was a very devoted actress and a very intelligent woman. But also a woman Very troubled which was struck by fame too quickly. She just didn't know what to do with it. So my father instantly took her because he saw these qualities. My father easily took everyone. Lemmon could get along with a newspaper. "