Naomi Watts has landed the role of Marilyn Monroe in the new biopic movie Blonde.
Andrew Dominik, who brought us The Assassination of Jesse James, will helm the adaptation of the 2000 novel of the same name.
And while we all know Monroe as one of the biggest stars to ever grace Hollywood Dominik wants to tell the story of Norma Jeane.
Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival he said: "Why is Marilyn Monroe the great female icon of the 20th century?
"For men, she is an object of sexual desire who is desperately in need of rescue. For women, she embodies all the injustices visited upon the feminine - a sister, a Cinderella, consigned to live among the ashes.
"I want to tell the story of Norma Jeane as a central figure in a fairy-tale; an orphan child lost in the woods of Hollywood, being consumed by that great icon.
Watts is back on the big screen later this year with her new movie Mother and Child, her first film since The International last year.
She is also set to star in Woody Allen's You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger.
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