Ana De Armas is Marilyn Monroe in The Blonde Teaser

We’ve spent months, well, years, in fact, hearing about Andrew Dominik’s new film, his long-running passion project about Marilyn Monroe’s private and public life, Blond. And now let’s take our first look at the new teaser, centering on star Ana de Armas as Norma Jeane / Marilyn.

Much of what has been said about this new film by the director of kill them softly it concerned his controversial NC-17 rating.

Adapted from Joyce’s bestseller Carol Oates, Blond aims to reimagine the life of one of Hollywood’s most enduring icons. From her unstable childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, the drama blurs the boundaries of reality and fiction to explore the growing gap between her public and private self.

The trailer says it very clearly: an emotional, shy and reserved Norma Jeane slowly transforms into the brilliant Marilyn seen on stage and on the screen. There are glimpses of other parts of the film, although it’s mostly her audience character of hers.

“Andrew’s ambitions were very clear from the start: to present a version of Marilyn Monroe’s life through her lens,” says de Armas. “I wanted the world to live as it truly is to be not only Marilyn, but also Norma Jeane. I found this to be the boldest and most shameless feminist version of her story about her that she has ever seen. “

This version of his experiences gave Dominik real leeway to explore an icon’s private life. “She’s deeply traumatized and that trauma requires a separation between a public self and a private self, which is everyone’s story, but with a famous person it’s often acted out publicly, in a way that can cause additional trauma,” she says. . “The film is very interested in her relationship with herself and with this other personality, Marilyn, who is both her armor and what threatens to consume her.”

Blond will arrive on Netflix on September 23rd.