Angelina Jolie is to star as Marilyn Monroe in a new film about the Hollywood bombshell, it has been revealed.
The 35-year-old actress is set to play Monroe in an adaptation of Andrew O'Hagan's The Life And Opinions Of Maf The Dog, And Of His Friend Marilyn Monroe, the author revealed at the Edinburgh Book Festival yesterday.
And George Clooney has been lined up to play Monroe's close friend Frank Sinatra, O'Hagan confirmed, adding that production on the film would begin soon.
While Scarlett Johansson and Christina Hendricks had previously been in line for the role, it was eventually decided Jolie would be the best choice to play Monroe in the new film.
O'Hagan's novel tells the story of Monroe's final two years before her death in 1962 through the eyes of her pet Maltese terrier Maf - a gift from My Way singer Sinatra in 1960.
好莱坞当红女星安吉丽娜-朱莉又将挑战自己演艺生涯的新高度,她将在一部讲述传奇女星玛丽莲-梦露生命最后两年生活的电影中饰演梦露。
这部电影改编自作家安德鲁-奥哈根《小狗玛法和它的朋友玛丽莲-梦露的生活》一书,通过一只和梦露亲密接触的马耳他犬玛法的眼睛,讲述了梦露生命最后两年(1960年-1962年)的生活故事。35岁的朱莉终于得到了与偶像亲密接触的机会,而据奥哈根确认,著名演员乔治-克鲁尼将在电影中饰演梦露的密友弗兰克-辛纳特拉。