Angelina Jolie will play the legendary Marilyn Monroe in a film based on the novel by author Andrew O’Hagan.Accordingly, 35-year-old actress Angelina Jolie will play the role of Monroe in the film adapted from Andrew O’Hagan’s novel called The Life And Opinions Of Maf The Dog, And Of His Friend Marilyn Monroe. The author of the book himself revealed the above information at the Edinburgh Book Fair yesterday (August 16).
Angelina Jolie (left) will play Marilyn Monroe (Photo: bigpicturephoto.com and Corbis).
George Clooney will play Monroe’s best friend Frank Sinatra (Photo: Ap and Rex).O’Hagan said actor George Clooney will play Monroe’s close friend Frank Sinatra, and the project will begin filming soon.Previously, actresses Scarlett Johansson and Christina Hendricks were also considered for the role, but in the end, Jolie was chosen to play Monroe.O’Hagan’s novel tells about the last two years, before Monroe’s death in 1962, through the eyes of Maf, a hunting dog – a gift that singer Sinatra gave her in 1960.Not only meeting friends Monroe’s family included the late US President John F. Kennedy.
Maf also accompanied the famous hostess to luxurious places and met many famous people.When she received the dog from Sinatra, Monroe decided to name it Mafia, a joking reference to Sinatra, but she later changed the dog’s name to Maf, or she called it Maf Honey.In the book, written entirely from Maf’s point of view, she writes: “She was an artist in her own right, a strange and unhappy creature, but she had more comedy than anyone else.” that I know”.When Monroe died in August 1926 at the age of 36, Maf was taken in by Sinatra’s secretary, Gloria Lovell.There is no information about who will voice the character Maf in the above film.The main character of the movie – Angelia Jolie is currently busy promoting her latest movie Salt in London.