Simon Curtis, director of My Week With Marilyn, talks to Get Hampshire about recreating the famous photo call with the Millers and the Oliviers, outside the house in Englefield Green where Marilyn stayed briefly in July 1956.
‘The grandiose house, in Wick Lane, was rented by Monroe (played in the film by Michelle Williams), then newlywed to Arthur Miller (played by Dougray Scott), and the visit coincided with the pair’s honeymoon.
Curtis added: “It was the house that was the attraction.
“They came because she was working on the film and so they got the most luxurious house they could for her, while she was working.”
The London-born director explained that the shoot took a few days and amounted to “just a few minutes” of the movie’s total running time.
He said that although some interior shots were filmed on a sound stage, several others, including the famous press shot of the newlyweds stood in the doorway of the house, were filmed on location to add authenticity.’