Naomi Watts ‘very scared’ about playing Marilyn Monroe in biopic
January 27th, 2011 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 27 (ANI): Naomi Watts has revealed that she’s extremely scared about playing Marilyn Monroe in a new biopic.
The actress is set to play the iconic screen siren in an adaptation of Andrew Dominik’s ‘Blonde’ and she admitted the nerves about the part are getting to her.
“It’s a huge pressure. We all feel we know her. I’m very, very scared about that,” Contactmusic quoted her as saying.
Watts is not the only star to be portraying Marilyn in a movie about her life - Michelle Williams is also set to play her in ‘My Week With Marilyn’. (ANI)
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