Today, Emma Watson has been confirmed as having a role in My Week With Marilyn by way of this press release. Harry Potter star Kenneth Branagh (Lockhart) is also in the film as Sir Laurence Olivier. Zoe Wanamaker (Madam Hooch), Toby Jones (Dobby) and Geraldine Somerville (Lily Potter) are also in the film.
Trademark Films and The Weinstein Company have announced that principal photography has started on My Week with Marilyn for seven weeks at Pinewood Studios and on location in and around London. Michelle Williams plays the iconic Marilyn Monroe alongside a fantastic British cast including Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Dominic Cooper, Emma Watson and Julia Ormond.
The film chronicles a week in the life of Marilyn Monroe in which she escapes the shackles of her Hollywood career and embraces British life with Colin Clark. Directed by Simon Curtis and produced by David Parfitt, the film is based on Colin Clark’s diaries and has been adapted for the screen by Adrian Hodges.
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