She’s co-starred with Ryan Gosling and has grown into one of the most acclaimed actresses in the industry, but there’s yet another reason to feel jealous of Michelle Williams. While filming Nov. 4′s My Week With Marilyn — which centers on Marilyn Monroe’s time filming 1957′s The Prince and the Showgirl — Williams attempted to make her body more curvy, but, simply, just could not gain the weight. “Ultimately, it went right to my face,” she told Vogue in a cover story by Adam Green, shot by Annie Leibovitz. “So at some point it became a question of, Do I want my face to look like Marilyn Monroe’s or my hips?”
Eventually, Williams decided to use padding to bolster her figure, but, based on Vogue‘s piece, it seems her transformation into Monroe in the film is still all natural. Though many of you balked at the first photos of Williams as Monroe, the actress’ immersion into the character is impressive (she read plenty of books, watched movies, and listened to music to become Monroe), and her co-stars are telling folks to expect a spot-on performance. READ FULL STORY »
Congratulations to Leila Lopes from Angola, who was crowned Miss Universe 2011 in last night’s 60th anniversary competition in Sao Paulo, Brazil!
