AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Dakota Johnson transforms into Marilyn Monroe for Maggie Gyllenhaal's Venice-bound short film
Dakota Johnson will portray Marilyn Monroe in a 17-minute short film premiering at the Venice Film Festival this September, a centennial tribute that even its director admitted required getting past doubts about the casting. The film, titled Flesh Impact, was written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal. A first-look image released through a […] The post Dakota Johnson transforms into Marilyn Monroe for Maggie Gyllenhaal's Venice-bound short film appeared first on American Almanac .
Dakota Johnson will portray Marilyn Monroe in a 17-minute short film premiering at the Venice Film Festival this September, a centennial tribute that even its director admitted required getting past doubts about the casting. The film, titled Flesh Impact, was written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal. A first-look image released through a Daily Mail report shows the 36-year-old Johnson in a platinum blonde wig with light pink lip tint and mascara, bearing little resemblance to the brunette actress audiences know from the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise and Madame Web. Johnson plays Monroe "at the height of her fame." Ellen Burstyn, 93, takes a second role as what the production describes as "a version of…Open