{"id":22186,"date":"2026-07-30T17:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22186"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:15:26","slug":"dakota-johnson-ana-de-armas-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22186","title":{"rendered":"Dakota Johnson, Ana de Armas &#038; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>The first person to play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/marilyn_monroe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Marilyn Monroe<\/strong><\/a> was Marilyn Monroe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you want to see me become her?&#8221; the actress born <strong>Norma Jean Mortensen<\/strong> asked one day while walking down Broadway in New York, according to <strong>Amy Greene<\/strong>, the wife of Monroe&#8217;s personal photographer <strong>Milton Greene<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how to explain what she did because it was so very subtle,&#8221; Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=554935602309671\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">recalled in 2020<\/a>, &#8220;but she turned on something within herself that was almost like magic. And suddenly cars were slowing and people were turning their heads and stopping to stare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was more than platinum blonde hair and a brilliant smile that turned the <em>Some Like It Hot <\/em>star into a legend. But recreating her iconic physical traits has certainly been a good place to start for the slew of actresses who&#8217;ve played Monroe onscreen over the past 40 years, as well as all the celebs who&#8217;ve tried her style on for size.<\/p>\n<p><em>My Week With Marilyn<\/em>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/michelle_williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Michelle Williams<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ana_de_armas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ana de Armas<\/strong><\/a>\u2014who did her own jaw-dropping take on the moment Marilyn would turn into Marilyn in the 2022 film\u00a0<em>Blonde<\/em>\u2014were both nominated for Oscars for their portrayals of the oft-underestimated actress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople wanted Marilyn, they wanted that product,&#8221; de Armas said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/ana-de-armas-seeing-marilyn-monroe-transformation-first-time-rcna48224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><em>Today<\/em><\/a> at the time. &#8220;She had to keep delivering that because the opposite was nothing. 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