'Marilyn, Misunderstood': Live stream, release date, synopsis and all you need to know about Reelz docu on 'other Monroe'
While the world of entertainment and fashion have known Marilyn Monroe as the tragic star who struggled to overcome a difficult childhood and had a string of failed marriages while battling with addiction, the upcoming documentary in Reelz, called 'Marilyn, Misunderstood' attempts to provide the account of the other Monroe, as seen through the eyes of her personal friends and colleagues including former agents, co-stars and photographers.
"In their words, though she may have been victimized at times, she was not the tragic victim history has made her out to be. The Marilyn Monroe who emerges from their stories is a brave, brilliant, funny, outspoken and ambitious woman who blazed her own trail through Hollywood," the press release reads.
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Release date
'Marilyn, Misunderstood' premieres Sunday, March 14 at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT only on Reelz. The documentary is produced by ITV.
Synopsis
According to the synopsis of 'Marilyn, Misunderstood,' the documentary "tells the story of the other Marilyn, a woman who didn't just suddenly wake up and become the biggest star in the world. The other Marilyn was a bold and ambitious trailblazer who refused to toe the line and who never stopped fighting to be taken seriously as an actress. The documentary presents this little known side of her life story as told through Monroe's own words in rare audio recordings as she discusses everything from deftly managing the controversy that swirled around her supposedly private nude photoshoot to her paralyzing stage fright that almost derailed her career and her blistering exposé 'Wolves I Have Known' about harassment and disrespect she endured from Hollywood industry executives throughout her career."
Narrator
The documentary will be narrated by Kim Cattrall who is a British-born Canadian actress best known for her role as Samantha Jones on HBO's 'Sex and the City', for which she received five Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning the 2002 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
She created headlines earlier this year after it was announced that she is not officially returning to play her iconic character in the reboot of the series. This was the very public feud she had with her costar in the series, Sarah Jessica Parker who allegedly treated the actress terribly on set. While she couldn't care more to return to the show, in October 2017, Cattrall was vocal about seeing her part being recast in a bid to improve the original comedy's inclusivity.
"It's a great part,” she said at the time. "I played it past the finish line and then some, and I loved it. And another actress should play it. Maybe they could make it an African-American Samantha Jones, or a Hispanic Samantha Jones."
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