Michelle Williams Oscar Buzz

My Week With Marilyn

Will Michelle Williams be nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn?

From the website www.ropeofsilicon.com:

"Michelle Williams has been flirting with a second Oscar nomination for some time now and while a lot of people are talking about her performance in Blue Valentine this year I think they're forgetting about how great she was in Shutter Island. While she's looking like a dark horse for this year's Oscar, perhaps a performance as Marilyn Monroe will be enough to earn her a slot among 2011's Oscar Elite."

Wouldn't it be ironic if Williams were to win the highest honor for acting for her portrayal of Monroe, the same award that forever eluded Marilyn? Marilyn won numerous awards in the US for acting, but was never nominated for an Oscar. France and Italy recognized Marilyn's Acting skills and awarded her their equivalent of the Oscar, but sadly she never received this same level of respect in her home country.

1958: David di Donatello Prize (Italian equivalent of the Oscar)

Best Foreign Actress of 1958 - The Prince and the Showgirl

1959: Crystal Star Award (French equivalent of the Oscar)

Best Foreign Actress - The Prince and the Showgirl

1960: Golden Globe Award

Best Actress in a Comedy - Some Like It Hot

New Photo of Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe Released

My Week With Marilyn

“I knew I wouldn’t be able to resist, eventually,” Michelle tells the Daily Mail. “Physically and vocally, everything about her is different from me. I’ve kind of gone to school and had teachers to help me understand Marilyn, so I could project an essence of her.”

Kenneth Branagh Set to Play Sir Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn

My Week With Marilyn

Kenneth Branagh is set to play Sir Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn alongside Michelle Williams. The story is based on a diary from the perspective of Colin Clark, a personal assistant to Olivier unofficially assigned to Marilyn Monroe (played by Williams) on the set of 1957’s The Princess and the Showgirl. Clark’s account of the events deliberately left out a week’s worth of details, and the film will supposedly reveal what happened in the missing excerpt.

Branagh only recently wrapped shooting on Marvel’s Thor, but it's reported he is in talks for the Monroe film which is tentatively scheduled to shoot in September.

Ralph Fiennes was also considered for the part of Olivier, but evidently his own directorial duties on Coriolanus prevented him from taking the role.

A second, more broad account of Marilyn’s life is in the works based on Joyce Carol Oates’ faux memoir “Blonde.” Naomi Watts plays Marilyn in this feature.