Dear Sillies,
How's October treating you? Wait, October? How did that happen?Well, Halloween's around the corner, and -hopefully- that's fun to anticipate. For now, I have another fun thing to share.
Do you have Netflix? If so, have you seen "Blonde"? It's quite heavy, but very well done. Ana de Armas does an incredible job portraying a tortured, overly objectified Marilyn Monroe.
Here's a firsthand account by an actor in the movie. He's smiling (in a somewhat devious manner) to the lead actress' (Ana de Armas') left, to your right as you look at the screen.
"The movie is fictional, and extremely dark and depressing. But my scene was easy to watch. I didn't know I would be sitting next to the lead actress. She was nice. She introduced herself when she came on the scene to sit next to me. I just said hello and waited for direction. I will say Ana de Armas was really focused on set. She didn't seem to break character between takes. It was also cool watching Adran Brody close in person. I didn't get to talk to him.
It was cool when I was asked to go on the stage for the second part of the scene. They also asked us to smoke herbal cigarettes on stage. I refused. I told them I didn't smoke. I didn't think It would look good. They didn't push it. They ended up cutting the takes with the other actors smoking anyway. I also got fed Prime Rib for lunch. We were treated well.
Brad Pitt is one of the producers of this film. He wasn't there. The film was shot in 2019. It took a while to get released. One day I just saw it pop up on Netflix."
That someone I quoted is my brother, Jonathan. Cool, right?! And good on him for refusing to smoke the herbs. And good on production for respecting his refusal to smoke the herbs. But too bad he didn't meet Brad Pitt.
Let me know if you see or saw the movie, along with your thoughts.
Be well, friends.
A sweet October to you!
