Tag Archives: Method Acting

Marilyn, Brando: Rare Radio Interview

A rare radio interview from 1955, at the premiere of The Rose Tattoo, has surfaced on Youtube. MM, Marlon Brando, and Sid Caesar discuss method acting, with Marilyn’s segment beginning ten minutes in. She is charmingly shy, but it’s here … Continue reading


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Almodovar Praises Monroe’s Method

Spanish director Pedro Almodovar – who paid homage to Marilyn in his 2009 film, Broken Embraces - has praised her again in a recent interview for the Yorkshire Post, describing MM as one of the few method actors who could play comedy: … Continue reading


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‘An Actress Prepares: Women and The Method’

 This new, academic study of method acting in the US by Rosemary Malague features Marilyn, arriving at the Actor’s Studio in 1956, on its cover. You can order it in paperback or as an Ebook from the Book Depository. “‘I’ve … Continue reading


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Marilyn’s Method Approach

Vanity Fair‘s Bruce Handy re-evaluates Marilyn’s performance in The Prince and the Showgirl: “The film is a classic example of Hollywood’s most prevalent genre: the awful movie made by talented people. The culprit isn’t Monroe’s neuroses, but rather a creaky, silly screenplay … Continue reading


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Marilyn’s Directors: Howard Hawks

Another extract from Peter Bogdanovich’s essay on Marilyn, published in Who the Hell’s In It? (2004) “Monroe was frightened to come on the stage – she had such an inferiority complex – and I felt sorry for her. I’ve seen … Continue reading


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